The use of rubber dam in the UK. A survey

Marshall, Kelly; Page, Jim

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807357

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“…Earlier survey findings suggest that use of rubber dam is associated with certain dental specialization, age and procedure characteristics [16][17][18], correlation also observed in our study.…”

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Prevalence of Rubber Dam Usage Among Dental Practitioners and Final Year Students in Tirgu Mures: A Questionnaire Survey

Csinszka¹,

Monea²,

Pop³

et al. 2015

Acta Medica Marisiensis

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The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of rubber dam usage among endodontists, other specialized practitioners, general practitioners and undergraduate final year students in Tirgu-Mures, Romania. Material and method: A questionnaire was distributed among 250 subjects. Final year students and dentists were surveyed in relation to their prevalence of rubber dam usage. Results: Overall response rate was 72,4. While 84,07% of the subjects knew about the advantages, only 49,72% used it during their practice, mostly endodontist (90%) and other specialized practitioners (53,84%). The use of this system on pediatric patients was lower compared to adult patients. The frequency of the rubber dam usage during endodontic treatment was higher (71,11 %) compared to dental restorations (35,55%), and 84,49% of the subjects were are willing to gain further knowledge about this system. Conclusions:The results were similar to other reports originally from Eastern-European countries. The low percentage of the rubber dam usage presents quality issues, safety and medico-legal concerns for both the patient and the dentist. Greater emphasis should be placed on the advantages of rubber dam. Perception of final year dental students needs to be improved and continuing dental education for practitioners should be necessary to update their knowledge.

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Prevalence of Rubber Dam Usage Among Dental Practitioners and Final Year Students in Tirgu Mures: A Questionnaire Survey

Csinszka¹,

Monea²,

Pop³

et al. 2015

Acta Medica Marisiensis

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“…Previous studies have reported under-usage of RD, [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] a similar finding to this study. RD has been available since 1864 and is considered an ideal device for tooth isolation in restorative dentistry.…”

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A Survey on Usage of Rubber Dam during Composite Restorative Procedures by General and Specialist Dental Practitioners in Saudi Arabia

Ali AlQarni

2013

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Aim: The purpose of this study was to quantify the usage of rubber dam (RD) among general and specialty dental practitioners during composite restorative procedures in Saudi Arabia. Materials and methods:A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted from March to April 2012 in association with Saudi Dental Society on 306 general dental practitioners (GP), dentists specialized in operative dentistry (OD) and other specialty dentists (OSD). The collected data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010 program and descriptive statistics were obtained. Results:For isolation during composite restorative procedures in anterior teeth, 21.2% of GP, 57.1% of OD and 29.6% of OSD use RD; 77.5% of GP, 42.9% of OD and 68.5% of OSD use cotton rolls and 1.3% of GP and 1.9% of OSD use methods other than RD or cotton rolls. For isolation during composite restorative procedures in posterior teeth, 28.8% of GP, 62.5% of OD and 40.7% of OSD use RD; 68.7% of GP, 35.7% of OD and 57.4% of OSD use cotton rolls and 2.5% of GP, 1.8% of OD and 1.9% of OSD use other methods. Conclusion:There is under-usage of RD during placement of composite restorations by dentists in the study population. Majority of the dentists practicing RD are those who have specialized in OD.

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“…The chances of swallowing or aspiration of residual amalgam, resin, wedges, pins and burs during operative treatment and endodontic files during endodontic treatment can be reduced by the use of rubber dam, therefore the use of rubber dam is considered to be a standard of care in this and many other countries. 19,25 The results of present study, by combining the responses in rank 1 and 2 in (Table1), "never and seldom", showed that almost 50% of the respondents do not use the rubber dam during endodontic treatment. Because they considered that the success rate of root canal fillings placed without rubber dam and with rubber dam was the same.…”

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“…The results of present study are very much similar to the results of other international studies. 2,14,19 The present study showed that, the use of rubber dam in both operative and endodontic procedures was quite low despite the known advantages of rubber dam. The majority of the respondents ie 96.5% in the present study, were placing direct anterior composite restorations, 94.5% placed direct posterior composite restorations, 89% of the respondents in the present study reported that they placed amalgam restorations and 76% of the respondents reported that they were doing endodontic treatment.…”

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“…About 5 % of the dentists in the National Health Services of UK were reported to use rubber dam more than their colleagues in private practice. 18 Marshall and Page 19 reported that rubber dam was used in 1.4 % of operative procedures in the UK, as compared with 10.9 % of endodontic procedures. Many studies have been conducted, in several countries to quantify the use of rubber dam during endodontic and operative procedures.…”

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The evaluation of opinions and attitudes of dentists towards the use of rubber dam during operative and endodontic procedures

Iqbal¹

2014

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Prevalence of Rubber Dam Usage Among Dental Practitioners and Final Year Students in Tirgu Mures: A Questionnaire Survey

Prevalence of Rubber Dam Usage Among Dental Practitioners and Final Year Students in Tirgu Mures: A Questionnaire Survey

A Survey on Usage of Rubber Dam during Composite Restorative Procedures by General and Specialist Dental Practitioners in Saudi Arabia

The evaluation of opinions and attitudes of dentists towards the use of rubber dam during operative and endodontic procedures

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