Research Article
Frequency and Influencing Factors of Rubber Dam Usage in Tianjin: A Questionnaire Survey
Table 1
Respondents’ gender and rubber dam usage.
| | Total | Male | Female |
| Have used rubber dam | | | | Yes | 145 (63.3%) | 70 (68.6%) | 75 (59.1%) | No | 84 (36.7%) | 32 (31.4%) | 52 (40.9%) |
| Use rubber dam in caries filling | | | | Never use | 104 (45.4%) | 43 (42.2%) | 61 (48.0%) | Occasionally use | 87 (38.0%) | 41 (40.2%) | 46 (36.2%) | Often use | 37 (16.2%) | 17 (16.7%) | 20 (15.7%) | Always use | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Use rubber dam in root canal treatment | | | | Never use | 91 (39.7%) | 37 (36.3%) | 54 (42.5%) | Occasionally use | 77 (33.6%) | 40 (39.2%) | 37 (29.1%) | Often use | 58 (25.3%) | 22 (21.6%) | 36 (28.3%) | Always use | 7 (3.1%) | 3 (2.9%) | 4 (3.1%) |
| Mastery degree of rubber dam usage | | | | Level 0 | 32 (14.0%) | 12 (11.8%) | 20 (15.7%) | Level 1 | 93 (40.6%) | 46 (45.1%) | 47 (37.0%) | Level 2 | 80 (34.9%) | 33 (32.4%) | 47 (37.0%) | Level 3 | 24 (10.5%) | 11 (10.8%) | 13 (10.2%) |
| Total | 229 | 102 | 127 |
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