A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED SURVEY ON PERCEPTION OF SINGLE VISIT ENDODONTICS AMONG DENTISTS

Abstract

Background: Single visit endodontics versus multiple visit endodontics have always been a topic of debate among the clinicians. Since the advancement of new technologies in dentistry, dentist is now opting for single-visit endodontics depending on status of the endodontic lesion.

Aim: The main aim and objective of this study to survey the dentist’s point of view regarding single visit endodontics and also the reason on which their choices were made.

Material and Methods: A simple questionnaire was distributed among 260 dentists, out of which 184 respondents participated in the study. They were inquired about the type of the treatment they preferred depending on the status of the pulp and periradicular region of the tooth. In the last part participants were investigated about the reasons to choose multiple visits and single visit root canal therapy.

Results: The dentist’s choice for the type of treatment was based on the status of pulp and periradicular area. 51.63% of the participants takes 2 visits even when there is no periapical lesion present and 46.73% of them takes 3 or more visits in case of necrotic pulp with periapical lesion. Most of the dentist (50%) who performed root canal treatments gave the reason of pulp being vital for single-visit endodontics.

Conclusion: It was concluded that dentist’s in Jammu preferred both single-visit and multi-visit endodontics, depending on the type of case and patient’s corporation.

Keywords: Root canal; Single-visit endodontics; Questionnaire; Necrotic pulp