[Nursing of root canal therapy with nickel titanium mechanical instruments].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss the related problems of nursing during root canal preparation with nickel titanium mechanical instruments.


METHODS
206 cases were nursed who underwent root canal preparation, after which the dentists and patients were surveyed on their satisfactory extents, in order to assess the effect of nursing.


RESULTS
The results of root canal preparation of 206 cases were good without any accidents such as break of instruments, while 100% dentists and 97.58% patients were satisfied with the nursing.


CONCLUSIONS
Proper and skilled nursing could shorten treatment time, enhance patients' compliableness and decrease the unnecessary injuries. Thus it raised the efficiency and therapeutic effect.
Lan
Wei-hong
WH
The Dental Center of Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen City, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China. wh082128@163.com
Xiao
Yue
Y
Zheng
Cang-shang
CS
Liu
Pei
P
Zhu
Min-ying
MY
D003762:Dental Instruments; D006801:Humans; D009532:Nickel; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000379:methods; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D014025:Titanium
C040654:titanium nickelide; D009532:Nickel; D014025:Titanium