Diferentes protocolos de irrigación en una población de Ecuador.

Abstract

In the present final graduation work, the standards applicable to the irrigation protocols applied by general dentists and specialists in endodontics in Ecuador will be established and the differences between the groups will be determined. For data collection, a survey conducted on the Web (Google Forms) was sent, it was a questionnaire of 23 questions based on disinfection during endodontic therapy, specifically on irrigation. It was sent through the WhatsApp social network, for which a database with cell phone numbers was requested from three institutions: INCAFOE Training Institute of the Ecuadorian Dental Federation, AEE Association of Endodontists of Ecuador and Colgate Ecuador. It was possible to send the survey to 4,285 contacts, it was open for 8 weeks to reach the largest number of possible responses. Of the 4,285 contacts to whom the questionnaire was shared, data is collected from 230 responses to the survey sent that corresponds to (5%), which after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria left a total of 217 responses. the tabulation of data with the use of the statistical function in Excel to obtain results on: demographic information and statistical information of the study and additional variables obtained from other questions of the questionnaire. Once the results have been analyzed, we can deduce that there is a significant percentage of General Dentists 47.90% (104) who perform Endodontics, even in a higher percentage than specialists in Endodontics 44.70% (97), although it is true, that it is not a statistically significant difference, the number of general dentists is large for the sample that was used 217. In addition, after the analysis it has been possible to verify that the irrigant of choice for a large majority of both groups is sodium hypochlorite NaOCl. However, differences were found regarding the concentration, volume and retention time of the NaOCl used.