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Knowledge, attitude and practice among dentists on the factors causing failure of post & core restoration in endodontically treated teeth - a questionnaire-based survey
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SOWMYA K, SURENDAR SUGUMARAN
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The restoration of endodontically treated teeth has always been challenging. In order to achieve success and
considerably favourable outcome, one has to be aware of the factors causing failure of endodontically treated
teeth. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of the dentists on the reasons for failure of post and
core in endodontically treated teeth. A cross sectional questionnaire study consisting of 16 questions under the
heading of knowledge, attitude and practice were circulated through google forms and the responses were
collected and analysed. All the data was compiled and tabulated in Microsoft Excel and exported to IBM SPSS
version 20.0. Data was represented through frequency distribution tables and Chi square tests performed with
the level of significance at 0.05 for the comparison between the general dental practitioners (GDPs), post
graduate students and other speciality dentists.. There was no statistical significance (p>0.05) seen among GDPs,
post graduate students and other speciality dentists on various analysed factor,which emphasises on the need
for improving the quality of basic education.Within the limitations of this study,the knowledge on the factors
causing failure of post and core was considerably poor and thus improvement of basic education is
emphasised.Though most of the participants were aware of the uses of posts and cores and also uses them in
their daily practice ,there is no adequate knowledge on the techniques to counteract the failures which could be
enhanced by process of continued upgradation on the recent advances in dentistry.
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Failure; Fracture; Questionnaire; Post and core; Post endodontic restoration.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.204
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