Use of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA by postgraduates in restorative dentistry in the UK.
All postgraduate trainees in Restorative Dentistry within the United Kingdom were contacted by e-mail and invited toparticipate in a structured on-line questionnaire regarding MTA usage. Responses were received from 46/65 (70.8%) postgraduate trainees. MTA was used by 15/46 (32.6%) trainees in the primary dentition and 46/46 (100%) in the permanent dentition. Barriers to the use of MTA in the permanent dentition related to material cost and in the primary dentition, the lack of an evidence base. Overall, 32/46 (69.6%) had received tuition during their postgraduate programme and 21/46 (45.7%) indicated an interest in further educational opportunities in material use.
The University of Aberdeen Dental School and Hospital, Foresterhill, Aberdeen. j.foley@abdn.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D016527:Drug Costs; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010087:Oxides / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D057872:Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017640:Silicates / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom
D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D057872:Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate