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ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES AND ISSUES FACED BY DENTAL HOUSE OFFICERS DURING CLINICAL ENDODONTICS

1Dr. Shanza Nasir, 1Dr. Iram Ramzan, 1Dr. Ayesha Zaheer

Introduction: The quality of training at any institution can best be analyzed by taking the students perceptions into consideration. Students can provide valuable feedback, which can be beneficial to review the curriculum and improve the overall standard of training, as well as patient care. Objectives of the study: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the difficulties and issues faced by dental house officers during clinical endodontics. Methodology of the study: This cross sectional study was conducted at Punjab dental hospital, Lahore during 2018. The data was collected through a questionnaire. Basically the data was collected from dental house officers of Lahore who was doing house job in different dental institutes of Lahore. All house officers who have completed their house job with a mandatory posting of 2 months in Endodontics Department was included in this study. Results: The data was collected from 200 house officers of Lahore. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the percentage of difficulty faced by each house officer while performing each task. The descriptive analysis of the percentage of subjects having difficulty in different root canal procedures. Difficulties encountered during the patient management, administration of local anesthesia and Rubber Dam application were the major concerns of the house officers. Conclusion: It is concluded that cleaning and shaping is the major difficulty faced by the house officers in achieving endodontic excellence. Additional training, including the use of rubber dam techniques like the use of the split dam technique while working on broken down teeth could be beneficial.

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