21 February 2023: Clinical Research
Online Questionnaire-Based Study to Evaluate the Attitudes and Use of Rubber Dental Dams by Saudi Dental Practitioners
Saeed M. Alqahtani 1ADEF , Saurabh Chaturvedi 1ACEF , Ahmed Audah Alshahrani 2ADFG , Abdulrahman Mushabbab Alqahtani 3BDG , Afrah A. Almzher 3BDG , Raghad Ayed Alqhtani 3BDG , Bashayer Ali Alqhtani 3BDG , Hanan Qasem Alfaifi 3ABDG , Norah Mohammed Alshehri 3BDG* , Mohammed M. Al Moaleem 45EGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.938672
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e938672
Table 2 Part 2 of the online questionnaire: Attitudes and use of rubber dental dams by the study participants.
| Is rubber dams necessary during post and core procedures? | Yes |
| No | |
| I don’t know | |
| Do you think that the use of rubber dams during post and core procedures has an impact on the success of endodontically treated teeth? | Yes |
| No | |
| I don’t know | |
| Do you think you can achieve adequate isolation without a conventional rubber dam? | Yes |
| No | |
| Did you use rubber dam during prefabricated post and core procedure? | Always |
| Sometimes (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| Rarely (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| Never (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| Did you use rubber dam during casted post and core procedure? | Always |
| Sometimes (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| Rarely (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| Never (cotton roll, liquid dam, suction only) | |
| What kind of isolation method/s you use? | Cotton roll |
| Liquid dam | |
| Saliva ejector | |
| I always use rubber dam | |
| Other | |
| Either you use/not use rubber dam, what in your opinion may be the reason/s for others/you, for not using the rubber dam during post and core procedure? | Cost |
| Time consumption | |
| Remaining tooth structure | |
| I don’t have enough training for using rubber dam | |
| Other | |
| Is the location of tooth affect your decision for using rubber dam during post and core procedure? | Yes |
| No | |
| 12/a. If the question 12 answer is YES, then select which location of teeth you can achieve adequate isolation without using rubber dam (you can select more than one) | Upper posterior teeth |
| Upper anterior teeth | |
| Lower posterior teeth | |
| Lower anterior teeth | |
| During your undergrad/residency do you feel you have enough training for using rubber dams? | Yes |
| To some extent | |
| No | |
| Do you want to know more about rubber dams and their application? | Yes |
| No | |
| Maybe | |
| What do you think the best way to enhance the knowledge about rubber dams? | Continuous dental education program–lectures |
| Adding extra theory and clinical hours in bachelor of dental surgery training | |
| Workshops and hands-on training |