An Investigation of Current Endodontic Practice in Turkey

Table 3

Percentage of the choice of preparation technique and instrument, use of Ni-Ti rotary instrument according to years of professional experience.

Years of professional activity		0–5 years	6–11 years	11–15 years	16–20 years	>20 years	𝑃
Choice of preparation technique	Step-back	58.9%	37.4%	36.0%	20.7%	16.4%	0.0001
	Step-down	20.2%	18.2%	29.2%	30.5%	29.3%
	Ni-Ti rotary technique	33.3%	45.5%	43.8%	51.2%	45.7%
	Conventional technique	18.5%	23.2%	27.0%	18.3%	32.9%	0.029