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Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey
INTRODUCTION: More than 41,000 root canal treatments (RCTs) are performed every day and about 25 RCTs are performed every week by an endodontist. The success rate of endodontic treatment ranges between 86% and 98%; however, the failure rates cannot be ignored which can range up to 20% of the treated...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33911350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCD.JCD_408_20 |
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author | Mohanty, Ankita Patro, Swadheena Barman, Diplina Jnaneswar, Avinash |
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description | INTRODUCTION: More than 41,000 root canal treatments (RCTs) are performed every day and about 25 RCTs are performed every week by an endodontist. The success rate of endodontic treatment ranges between 86% and 98%; however, the failure rates cannot be ignored which can range up to 20% of the treated cases due to a varied number of reasons including incorrect adoption of working techniques and usage of inappropriate materials. The present study aimed at comparing the practices of various levels of dentists toward RCT in their daily practice. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire-based study was conducted among the dental practitioners who have completed the Masters of Dental Surgery (MDS) curriculum in India and postgraduate students in various dental colleges in India. The sample size was achieved to be 1601 at the completion of the study. The response rate for the study was 80.05%. All the dentists practicing RCT either in the clinic or in the college and willing to participate in the study were included in the study. A self-structured questionnaire was used as study tool. SPSS was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: A total of 26.7% of the PG students (endodontists) used rubber dam. Majority of the dentists preferred hand instruments (62.36%) over rotary. Almost half (53.09%) of the postgraduates belonging to other branches reported to prescribe drugs. CONCLUSION: The present study showed a varied profile of the dentists with most of them following the basic protocols and techniques of international standards. |
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spelling | pubmed-80666682021-04-27 Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey Mohanty, Ankita Patro, Swadheena Barman, Diplina Jnaneswar, Avinash J Conserv Dent Original Article INTRODUCTION: More than 41,000 root canal treatments (RCTs) are performed every day and about 25 RCTs are performed every week by an endodontist. The success rate of endodontic treatment ranges between 86% and 98%; however, the failure rates cannot be ignored which can range up to 20% of the treated cases due to a varied number of reasons including incorrect adoption of working techniques and usage of inappropriate materials. The present study aimed at comparing the practices of various levels of dentists toward RCT in their daily practice. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire-based study was conducted among the dental practitioners who have completed the Masters of Dental Surgery (MDS) curriculum in India and postgraduate students in various dental colleges in India. The sample size was achieved to be 1601 at the completion of the study. The response rate for the study was 80.05%. All the dentists practicing RCT either in the clinic or in the college and willing to participate in the study were included in the study. A self-structured questionnaire was used as study tool. SPSS was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: A total of 26.7% of the PG students (endodontists) used rubber dam. Majority of the dentists preferred hand instruments (62.36%) over rotary. Almost half (53.09%) of the postgraduates belonging to other branches reported to prescribe drugs. CONCLUSION: The present study showed a varied profile of the dentists with most of them following the basic protocols and techniques of international standards. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8066668/ /pubmed/33911350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCD.JCD_408_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Conservative Dentistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Mohanty, Ankita Patro, Swadheena Barman, Diplina Jnaneswar, Avinash Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title | Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title_full | Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title_fullStr | Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title_short | Modern endodontic practices among dentists in India: A comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
title_sort | modern endodontic practices among dentists in india: a comparative cross-sectional nation-based survey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33911350 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCD.JCD_408_20 |
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