Arun Nishitha, Ramesh Sindhu, Sankar Anjali
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2022 Nov;13(Suppl 1):S173-S176. doi: 10.4103/japtr.japtr_242_22. Epub 2022 Nov 30.
The use of ultrasonics (US) has greatly expanded in the field of dentistry. Over the past few decades, the application of US has increased substantially in endodontics owing to the predictable prognosis and ease of operation. The objective of this survey was to determine the knowledge, practice, and attitude of US in endodontics among the general practitioners, postgraduates, and endodontists. An electronic questionnaire containing 16 questions regarding the knowledge, attitude, and practice of US in endodontics was circulated among the general dentists, postgraduates, and endodontists and the responses were collected online. Data were statistically examined using IBM SPSS software. A total of 202 dentists (general dentists = 92, endodontists = 77, and postgraduates = 33) participated in the survey. Eighty-nine percent of them were aware of the use of US in endodontics, 36.1% of them preferred using US in the removal of pulp chamber calcifications, pulp stones, access refinement, and troughing hidden canals, and 61.4% chose <3% sodium hypochlorite for root canal irrigation with US. The cost of the ultrasonic unit and heat generation during procedures were considered the greatest limitation in using the US. The majority of the dentists were well aware of the use of US and its advantages in various endodontic procedures but they did not use it routinely in their practice. The use of US has been reported to have greatly increased the predictability of endodontic treatment.
超声（US）在牙科领域的应用已大幅扩展。在过去几十年中，由于预后可预测且操作简便，超声在牙髓病学中的应用显著增加。本次调查的目的是确定全科医生、研究生和牙髓病专家对超声在牙髓病学中的知识、实践和态度。一份包含16个关于超声在牙髓病学中的知识、态度和实践问题的电子问卷在普通牙医、研究生和牙髓病专家中分发，调查结果通过在线收集。使用IBM SPSS软件对数据进行统计分析。共有202名牙医（普通牙医92名、牙髓病专家77名、研究生33名）参与了此次调查。其中89%的人知晓超声在牙髓病学中的应用，36.1%的人倾向于使用超声去除髓腔钙化、牙髓石、扩大根管入口以及探查隐匿根管，61.4%的人选择用<3%的次氯酸钠配合超声进行根管冲洗。超声设备的成本以及操作过程中的产热被认为是使用超声的最大限制因素。大多数牙医充分了解超声在各种牙髓病治疗程序中的应用及其优势，但他们在实际操作中并未常规使用。据报道，超声的使用极大地提高了牙髓病治疗的可预测性。
