Do you routinely do single-visit endo? |
1161 total votes |
|
| 76% |
| Yes |
|
| 24% |
| No |
|
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Do you routinely do endodontic retreats? |
868 total votes |
|
| 33% |
| Yes |
|
| 67% |
| No |
|
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Do you routinely do apicoectomies / retrofills? |
867 total votes |
|
| 11% |
| Yes |
|
| 89% |
| No |
|
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When would you not do single-visit endo? |
839 total votes |
|
| 6% |
| Necrotic pulp |
|
| 55% |
| Presence of purulence |
|
| 17% |
| Chronic abscess |
|
| 22% |
| I always do single-visit endo |
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How long on average do you spend performing root canal therapy on tooth #8 maxillary central incisor? |
864 total votes |
|
| 6% |
| 15 minutes |
|
| 33% |
| 16-30 minutes |
|
| 34% |
| 31-45 minutes |
|
| 22% |
| 46-60 minutes |
|
| 4% |
| More than one hour |
|
| 1% |
| I refer out central incisors |
|
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How long on average do you spend performing root canal therapy on tooth #31 mandibular 2nd molar? |
866 total votes |
|
| 0% |
| 15 minutes |
|
| 3% |
| 16-30 minutes |
|
| 7% |
| 31-45 minutes |
|
| 23% |
| 46-60 minutes |
|
| 32% |
| 61-90 minutes |
|
| 18% |
| 91-120 minutes |
|
| 17% |
| I refer out lower 2nd molars |
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What do you use to do the majority of the shaping of the root canal system? |
861 total votes |
|
| 51% |
| Rotary instruments |
|
| 17% |
| Hand files |
|
| 33% |
| Both |
|
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What method of obturation do you use? |
850 total votes |
|
| 26% |
| Lateral condensation |
|
| 16% |
| Warm vertical |
|
| 31% |
| Thermafill |
|
| 3% |
| Soft Core |
|
| 17% |
| Single cone with epoxy cement such as EZ-Fill, AH-26, or AH Plus |
|
| 6% |
| Single cone with resin cement such as Resilon by Pentron, Endo-Rez by Ultradent |
|
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If you use NiTi, what % of the time do you switch to manual filing to prevent separation? |
694 total votes |
|
| 27% |
| Never |
|
| 32% |
| 10% |
|
| 21% |
| 20% |
|
| 8% |
| 30% |
|
| 3% |
| 40% |
|
| 9% |
| 50% |
|
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How often do you throw away the rotary NiTi? |
699 total votes |
|
| 25% |
| After 1 use |
|
| 22% |
| After 2 uses |
|
| 27% |
| After 3 uses |
|
| 10% |
| After 4 uses |
|
| 7% |
| After 5 uses |
|
| 3% |
| After 6 uses |
|
| 6% |
| After 7 uses or more |
|
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Do you believe thermoplastic fills seal the canal better than single point epoxy fills? |
789 total votes |
|
| 51% |
| Yes |
|
| 49% |
| No |
|
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How often do you separate rotary NiTi instruments? |
714 total votes |
|
| 15% |
| Never |
|
| 70% |
| Seldom |
|
| 12% |
| Sometimes |
|
| 2% |
| Often |
|
| 0% |
| Always |
|
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If you use an apex locator, which brand to you have? |
697 total votes |
|
| 5% |
| Elements Diagnostic (Sybron) |
|
| 4% |
| AFA (Analytic) |
|
| 17% |
| Formatron (Parkell) |
|
| 74% |
| Root ZX (J. Morita) |
|
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If you use an apex locator do you also take a working length radiograph to confirm? |
730 total votes |
|
| 49% |
| Yes |
|
| 51% |
| No |
|
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When do you use a rubber dam for endodontic therapy? |
853 total votes |
|
| 9% |
| Never |
|
| 13% |
| Rarely |
|
| 6% |
| For many, but a minority of cases |
|
| 31% |
| For the vast majority of cases |
|
| 42% |
| Absolutely always |
|
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When you do not or cannot use a rubber dam for endo, what do you use for isolation? |
791 total votes |
|
| 35% |
| Cotton rolls, saliva ejector |
|
| 36% |
| Cotton rolls, saliva ejector, Dri-Angles and mouth prop |
|
| 1% |
| Svedoptor |
|
| 6% |
| Isolite |
|
| 22% |
| Referral slip to an endodontist |
|
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How often do you take intraoperative radiographs for working length determination? |
856 total votes |
|
| 31% |
| Always |
|
| 33% |
| Rarely |
|
| 19% |
| Sometimes |
|
| 10% |
| Often |
|
| 8% |
| Always |
|
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When choosing an electronic handpiece, how important is auto torque reverse? |
744 total votes |
|
| 53% |
| Very important |
|
| 26% |
| Somewhat important |
|
| 12% |
| Not very important |
|
| 8% |
| Not important at all |
|
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How important is an auto apical stop function? |
732 total votes |
|
| 28% |
| Very important |
|
| 34% |
| Somewhat important |
|
| 23% |
| Not very important |
|
| 15% |
| Not important at all |
|
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