The employment of recommended root canal treatment procedures by dentists in Croatia and the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00179906%3A_____%2F25%3A10496979" target="_blank" >RIV/00179906:_____/25:10496979 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11150/25:10496979
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=snG_EFg0Da" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=snG_EFg0Da</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iej.14197" target="_blank" >10.1111/iej.14197</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The employment of recommended root canal treatment procedures by dentists in Croatia and the Czech Republic
Original language description
AimThis study aimed to evaluate the compliance of dentists in Croatia and the Czech Republic with endodontic recommendations and identify the subjective and objective factors influencing their adherence to them.MethodologyA total of 1386 dentists from Croatia and the Czech Republic participated in an online survey through a self-administered, author-designed questionnaire. After excluding those who did not perform root canal treatments (RCT), 1376 responses (394 from Croatia and 982 from the Czech Republic) were statistically analysed.ResultsThe median age of respondents was 40 years, with a higher proportion of females in both countries. Croatian dentists treated fewer patients weekly but performed more RCTs and placed more composite fillings than their Czech counterparts. Czech dentists more frequently employed magnification devices, rubber dam (RD), pre-endodontic build-ups, nickel-titanium (NiTi) instruments, irrigant activation, bioceramic sealers, indirect post-endodontic restoration of lateral teeth, and single-visit treatments. These practices were also more common among endodontists than general dental practitioners and other specialists in both countries. Croatian dentists adhered more consistently to the recommended irrigation protocol. In the Czech group, adherence to recommended procedures, such as magnification, RD usage, and irrigation protocol correlated with younger age, smaller weekly number of patients, and preference for treating patients in the supine position. No such correlations were observed among the Croatian dentists.ConclusionsDespite notable improvements in recent years, dentists still do not fully comply with the recommended RCT working procedures in Croatia and the Czech Republic.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30208 - Dentistry, oral surgery and medicine
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Endodontic Journal
ISSN
0143-2885
e-ISSN
1365-2591
Volume of the periodical
58
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DK - DENMARK
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
643-657
UT code for WoS article
001396463900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-86000426907