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. Alqahtani1ADEF, Saurabh Chaturvedi1ACEF, Ahmed Audah Alshahrani2ADFG, Abdulrahman Mushabbab Alqahtani3BDG, Afrah A. Almzher3BDG, Raghad Ayed Alqhtani3BDG, Bashayer Ali Alqhtani3BDG, Hanan Qasem Alfaifi3ABDG, Norah Mohammed Alshehri3BDG, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem45EG*DOI: 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 |