Research Article
Frequency and Influencing Factors of Rubber Dam Usage in Tianjin: A Questionnaire Survey
Table 3
Respondents’ clinical specialty and rubber dam usage.
| | | Total | General | Specialized | | Endodontic | Nonendodontic |
| | Have used rubber dam | | | | | | Yes | 145 (63.3%) | 75 (56.4%) | 63 (81.8%) | 7 (36.8%) | | No | 84 (36.7%) | 58 (43.6%) | 14 (18.2%) | 12 (63.2%) |
| | Use rubber dam in caries filling | | | | | | Never use | 104 (45.4%) | 75 (54.1%) | 17 (22.1%) | 15 (78.9%) | | Occasionally use | 86 (37.6%) | 49 (36.8%) | 33 (42.9%) | 4 (21.1%) | | Often use | 38 (16.6%) | 11 (8.3%) | 27 (35.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Always use | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| | Use rubber dam in root canal treatment | | | | | | Never use | 91 (39.7%) | 64 (48.1%) | 13 (16.9%) | 14 (73.7%) | | Occasionally use | 77 (33.6%) | 49 (36.8%) | 23 (29.9%) | 5 (26.3%) | | Often use | 54 (23.6%) | 18 (13.5%) | 36 (46.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Always use | 7 (3.1%) | 2 (1.5%) | 5 (6.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| | Mastery degree of rubber dam usage | | | | | | Level 0 | 32 (14.0%) | 23 (17.3%) | 4 (5.2%) | 5 (26.3%) | | Level 1 | 93 (40.6%) | 70 (52.6%) | 13 (16.9%) | 10 (52.6%) | | Level 2 | 80 (34.9%) | 34 (25.6%) | 42 (54.5%) | 4 (21.1%) | | Level 3 | 24 (10.5%) | 6 (4.5%) | 18 (23.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| | Total | 229 | 133 | 77 | 19 |
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