Evaluation of Senior Dental Students’ General Attitude towards the Use of Rubber Dam: A Survey among Two Dental Schools

Table 1

Answers given by students to questions regarding utilization of rubber dam.

	School A		School B		Significance
Gender
Male	55	55.00%	29	61.70%	𝜒^2: 0.59
Female	45	45.00%	18	38.30%	𝑃=0.444
Do you ask your patients whether they have latex allergy prior to rubber dam use?
Yes	56	56.00%	7	14.90%	𝜒^2: 22.06
No	44	44.00%	40	85.10%	𝑃=0.0001
Do you use rubber dam in paediatric patients?
Yes	16	16.00%	0	0.00%	𝜒^2: 8.44
No	84	84.00%	47	100.00%	𝑃=0.004
Do you use rubber dam during amalgam restorations?
Never	79	79.00%	42	89.40%
Rarely	16	16.00%	4	8.50%
Sometimes	4	4.00%	1	2.10%	𝜒^2: 2.54
Always	1	1.00%	0	0.00%	𝑃=0.469
Do you use rubber dam during composite restorations?
Never	75	75.00%	44	93.60%
Rarely	18	18.00%	2	4.30%	𝜒^2: 7.2
Sometimes	7	7.00%	1	2.10%	𝑃=0.027
During which stage of endodontic treatment do you use rubber dam?
Following anesthesia	4	4.00%	2	4.30%
During access cavity preparation	1	1.00%	7	14.90%
Following identification of root canal orifices	72	72.00%	34	72.30%
During root canal shaping	22	22.00%	3	6.40%	𝜒^2: 16.23
During root canal filling	1	1.00%	1	2.10%	𝑃=0.003
Do you think you have been given adequate and satisfactory education regarding rubber dam?
Yes	68	68.00%	41	87.20%	𝜒^2: 6.17
No	32	32.00%	6	12.80%	𝑃=0.013
During endodontic treatment of teeth with extensive tissue loss
I don’t use rubber dam	74	74.00%	37	78.70%	𝜒^2: 0.39
I perform a restoration so that I can place the rubber dam	26	26.00%	10	21.30%	𝑃=0.535