Research Article
An Investigation of Current Endodontic Practice in Turkey
Table 4
Percentage of the preference of root canal irrigants and concentration of sodium hypochlorite according to years of professional experience.
| Years of professional activity | 0–5 years | 6–11 years | 11–15 years | 16–20 years | >20 years | |
| Choice of root canal irrigants | NaOCl | 93.5% | 92.0% | 94.4% | 95.1% | 85.7% | | Saline | 49.7% | 42.0% | 37.1% | 34.1% | 27.9% | 0.002 | EDTA | 41.7% | 42.0% | 52.8% | 57.3% | 38.6% | 0.03 | CHX | 33.3% | 39.0% | 43.8% | 43.9% | 40.0% | | H2O2 | 16.1% | 18.0% | 23.6% | 20.7% | 25.7% | | Local anesthesia | 3.0% | 6.0% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | | Do not use | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| Concentration of sodium hypochlorite | 0.5% | 11.3% | 13.1% | 11.2% | 7.3% | 12.9% | | 1% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 7.1% | | 2.5% | 53.0% | 39.4% | 47.2% | 39.0% | 41.4% | | 5% | 25.0% | 41.4% | 25.8% | 32.9% | 20.7% | | No idea | 4.8% | 1.0% | 6.7% | 9.8% | 12.9% | | Do not use | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 4.9% | 5.0% | |
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