title: A survey of attitude and opinions of endodontic residents towards regenerative endodontics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this survey was to study the level of awareness, current state of knowledge and opinions towards regenerative endodontic treatments amongst the endodontic residents of India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire based survey was designed.
  
  
  METHODS
  After approval from the organizing committee of 26(th) Federation of Operative Dentistry of India and 19(th) Indian Endodontic Society National conference 2011, 200 copies of the questionnaire were circulated amongst the endodontic residents in conservative dentistry and endodontics at various colleges across the country about regenerative endodontic procedures. The survey included profile of the respondents and consisted of 23 questions about their knowledge, attitude and opinions regarding use of these procedures as part of future dental treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey showed that half the participants (50.6%) had received continued education in stem cells and/or regenerative dental treatments. The majority of participants were of the opinion (86.6%) that regenerative therapy should be incorporated into dentistry, and most of them (88%) were willing to acquire training in learning this new treatment strategy. The results indicated that half of the participants (52.6%) were already using some type of regenerative therapy in their clinical practice; however, with a majority of these limited to use of membranes, scaffolds or bioactive materials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results reflect that endodontic residents are optimistic about the use of regenerative endodontic procedures; however, a need for more research and training was felt.
authors: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Shivani
authors: S
authors: Utneja
authors: Ruchika Roongta
authors: RR
authors: Nawal
authors: Mohammed Irfan
authors: MI
authors: Ansari
authors: Sangeeta
authors: S
authors: Talwar
authors: Mahesh
authors: M
authors: Verma
keywords: Regenerative endodontics; stem cells; tissue engineering
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