Department of Endodontics, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Center for Oral Health Services and Research (TkMidt), Trondheim, Norway.
Acta Odontol Scand. 2021 Aug;79(6):426-435. doi: 10.1080/00016357.2021.1876915. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
To evaluate the knowledge and insights of general dental practitioners regarding endodontic diagnosis and treatment principles before and after attending a 2-days continuing education course.
Sixty-seven dentists employed in the Public Dental Service in Møre and Romsdal county, Norway, were invited to a continuing education course in endodontics. Before and after the course, they answered a questionnaire weighing the importance of factors influencing the prognosis of endodontic treatment. The same questionnaire was answered by specialists in endodontics ( = 56; Spec Group) and a reference group consisting of general dental practitioners from both private and public practice ( = 21; Ref Group). The Test Group answered both before and after the course, while the Spec and Ref Groups completed the questionnaire once. The responses were compared using the Wilcoxon Sign test and Mann-Whitey test.
Of the 67 dentists in the Test Group, 49 (73%) completed the course and answered both questionnaires. Before attending the course, the Test Group differed significantly from the Spec Group in 18 out of 27 prognostic factors ( ≤ .05). After the course, there was only moderate improvement in the Test Group responses. On only three factors, they agreed significantly more with the specialists than before attending the course ( ≤ .05). After the Test Group participants had attended the course, their responses were comparable to the responses of the Ref Group.
A two-days continuing education course only marginally improved dentists' level of knowledge and insights regarding the influence of prognostic factors in endodontics.
评估普通牙科医生在参加为期两天的继续教育课程前后对牙髓病学诊断和治疗原则的知识和见解。
挪威摩尔达伦郡公共牙科服务部的 67 名牙医受邀参加牙髓病学继续教育课程。在课程前后，他们回答了一份问卷，评估影响牙髓病治疗预后的因素的重要性。同样的问卷也由牙髓病学专家（ = 56；Spec 组）和由私人和公共执业的普通牙科医生组成的参考组（ = 21；Ref 组）回答。Test 组在课程前后都回答了问卷，而 Spec 和 Ref 组只回答了一次。使用 Wilcoxon 符号秩检验和 Mann-Whitney U 检验比较了这些回答。
在参加 Test 组的 67 名牙医中，有 49 名（73%）完成了课程并回答了两份问卷。在参加课程之前，Test 组在 27 个预后因素中有 18 个与 Spec 组显著不同（ ≤ .05）。在课程之后，Test 组的回答只有适度的改善。在只有三个因素上，他们比参加课程前更显著地与专家意见一致（ ≤ .05）。Test 组参加课程后，他们的回答与 Ref 组的回答相当。
为期两天的继续教育课程仅略微提高了牙医对牙髓病学中预后因素影响的知识和见解水平。
