title: [Survey of general dental practitioners in Abidjan on the use of the operatory field in dentistry].
abstract: Rubber dam is a standard operatory field in operative dentistry and endodontics. It is undoubtedly the most certain way to insure the success of therapeutics acts. Its use by Abidjan practitioners has been the subject of our study which aim is to underline the place of rubber dam in daily practice. Our investigations show that rubber dam is totally absent from practitioners acts. Generally cotton rolls constitute the most frequent mean used by practitioners to isolate the tooth in operative dentistry and endodontics. Only 23.9% of them associate saliva sucking up. Some cases of aspiration and swallowing file by accident by patients have been highlighted. Those results lead us to recommend the systematic use of rubber dam as the mean of efficiency and security which cannot be ignored in our practice.
authors.affiliation: Odontologie conservatrice, U.F.R. d'Odonto-Stomatologie, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Avoaka-Boni
authors.forename: N D Y
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Gnagne-Koffi
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Assoumou-Adou
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Kouakou
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guinan
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Abouattier-Mansilla
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003815:Dentists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004497:Education, Dental; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000209:etiology; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016733:Rubber Dams / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012463:Saliva; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors