Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
Shree Ranjan Pandey
Dept of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 77, India
Email: 151906002.sdc@saveetha.com
Manish Ranjan
Associate Professor, Dept of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 77, India, Email: manish@saveetha.com
Adimulapu Hima Sandeep
Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Email Id: himas.sdc@saveetha.com.
Vol 17, No 09 ( 2022 ) | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7095042 | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no:1149-1169 | Published on: 20-09-2022
Abstract
The aim of the present survey is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the event of separation of endodontic instruments. Questionnaire based survey comprising 14 questions divided into knowledge based, attitude based and practice based questions. The questionnaire was circulated via electronic media through mails. 212 responses were received from the respondents. On analyzing the responses to the questionnaire, it was found that the most of the practitioners were looking forward towards use of digital dentistry based procedures to identify the separated instrument .Highly significant values were obtained when statistical analysis was done about the question pertaining to this trend for better clinical outcome with [p Value = 0.001],Other relevant facts being.Edta plays a significant role in managing such cases [p Value = 0.038],which was statistically significant.Within the limitations of the study, it shows that the knowledge with respect to CBCT based procedures is moderate compared to attitude and practice among respondents.The survey revealed that most of the participants were looking forward to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field of instrument separation.
Keywords:
Applications of digital dentistry procedures; CAD-CAM; Endodontics;File Retrival KAP survey; Instrument separation