title: [The place of radiography in endodontic treatment carried out in general practice in Dakar].
abstract: An investigation conducted over dental surgeons of 52 dental offices in Dakar and it's near suburb (40 from private sector and 12 from public and quasi-public) has shown that the use of retro-alveolar radiography during endodontic treatment was not systematic, due to the price of retro-alveolar film, waste of time and relative facility of the endodontic treatment of monoradicular teeth. The preparatory negative is favored (32.70%) particularly by private dental surgeons, who use two retro-alveolar films for endodontic treatment: pre and post operative radiography (30%). The immediate post operator control is executed only in case of post-operator pains by public and quasi-public dental surgeons (16.67%) with one retro-alveolar film on average for the endodontic treatment; at term any radiographic control is done. Three retro-alveolar films per endodontic treatment were exceptionally used (9.61%) and offset incidences (15%) are not much used as well as support-films (angulators). The retro-alveolar radiography is still a reliable guide for a clinical success in endodontic treatment with a minimum of three retro-alveolar films and offset incidences.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Odontologie Conservatrice Endodontie Département d'odonto-Stomatologie Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et d'Odonto-Stomatologie Université Cheikh Anta DIOP-Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaye
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012675:Senegal; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000191:economics
vernacular_title: Place de la radiographie dans les traitements endodontiques réalisés en omnipratique à Dakar.