Survey of dentists of knowledge about radiographic localization methods

Objective: To verify dentists’ about radiographic localization methods. Methods: A field survey was conducted among 60 dentists, of whom 25 were general clinicians and 35 were specialists dentists, using a questionnaire with 14 discursive questions, where they could express their Knowledge about which radiographic localization techniques are known and how to interpret them. Results: It was verified that the Clark technique was most known by 92% of the general clinicians, followed by Le Master ( 16%). In the group of specialists, Clark was also ranked first by 86%, followed by the Miller Winter technique by 29%. By means of a routine clinical situation we analyzed whether the dentists knew how to interpret the Clark technique, and the results showed that among the general clinicians 56% knew how to interpret the technique, 32% gave the incorrect answer and 12% answered that they did not know. Among the specialists, 74% knew how to interpret the technique and 26% answered incorrectly. The general clinicians (72%) declared that they most frequently used the Clark technique, as the time since they graduated increased. However, only 56% of them gave the correct interpretation in the clinical situation presented in the question. Conclusion: This, it could be concluded that Clark is the best known technique among dentists (specialist or general clinicians), but they do not necessary know how to interpret it. Moreover, it was shown that the others techniques are hardly known, which leads to the conclusion that one needs to rethink the curriculum, so that they receive more emphasis, as they are equally important

Avaliação microscópica da adaptação de diferentes materiais obturadores às paredes do canal radicular

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a adaptação de diferentes materiais obturadores às paredes do canal radicular, utilizando duas técnicas de obturação e verificar quais forneceram menores porcentagens de espaços vazios, a 3, 6 e 9 mm do ápice radicular. Foram utilizados 80 dentes humanos unirradiculares extraídos, que foram instrumentados e obturados de acordo com os seguintes materiais e técnicas obturadoras endodônticas: G1 (Guta-percha + AH Plus / Condensação Lateral); G2 (Guta-percha + AH Plus / Híbrida Modificada); G3 (Guta-percha + EndoRez / Condensação Lateral); G4 (Guta-percha + EndoRez / Híbrida Modificada); G5 (Guta-percha + Polímero de Mamona \ Condensação Lateral); G6 (Guta-percha + Polímero de Mamona \ Híbrida Modificada); G7 (Resilon + Epiphany / Condensação Lateral); G8 (Resilon + Epiphany / Híbrida Modificada). Após a obturação, as raízes foram incluídas em resina e seccionadas a 3, 6 e 9 mm do ápice radicular. As amostras foram analisadas em microscópio eletrônico de varredura e as imagens obtidas foram avaliadas por meio do Software Image Tool for Windows quanto à porcentagem do canal preenchida por cimento, cones e espaços vazios. Os dados foram submetidos a ANOVA e teste de TuKey 5%. Pôde-se concluir que em todos os grupos e níveis de secção estudados, a maior área do canal radicular foi ocupada por guta-percha ou resilon; em relação a um mesmo material obturador, não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre as duas técnicas de obturação analisadas; em relação aos materiais e aos níveis de secção, o Resilon + Epiphany e a Guta-percha + Polímero da mamona obtiveram as menores áreas de espaços vazios a 3, 6 e 9 mm do ápice radicular.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the adaptation and the porcentage of voids in endodontically treated teeth with different materials and filling techniques, at 3, 6 and 9 mm from the anatomic apex. Eighty extracted human maxillary anterior teeth were assigned in eight groups: G1 (Gutta-percha + AH Plus / Lateral condensation); G2 (Gutta- percha + AH Plus / Hybrid modified technique); G3 (Gutta-percha + EndoRez / Lateral condensation); G4 (Gutta-percha + EndoRez / Hybrid modified technique); G5 (Resilon + Epiphany / Lateral condensation); G6 (Resilon + Epiphany / Hybrid modified technique); ); G7 (Gutta-percha + Castor bean polymer /Lateral condensation); G8 (Gutta-percha + Castor bean polymer / Hybrid modified technique). After obturation, the root were subsequently sectioned horizontally at 3, 6 and 9 mm from the anatomic apex and analyzed in scanning electron microscope. The software Image Tools for Windows was used to determine the area of voids and percentage of gutapercha/ resilon points and endodontic cement. The data was submitted to the Anova and Tukey 5% tests. The results showed that the biggest area of the root canal was occupied by gutta-percha/resilon points; when a same material was analyzed, there was not statistically difference between the filling techniques used in this study; at the levels 3, 6 and 9 mm, the materials Resilon + Epiphany and Gutta-percha + Castor Bean Polymer demonstrated significantly less voids.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES