Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 8

Issue : Issue 1

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Abstract

Aim:  To determine the sterilization and disinfection of endodontic files amoung endodontic faculty and its postgraduate students of all the dental colleges in the state of Chhattisgarh. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was personally given to all endodontic faculty and its post-graduate students of all the six dental colleges in the state of Chhattisgarh. The response rate in the present survey was 98%. Results: 92.6%of respondents reported to sterilize new, unused endodontic files prior to their use, of which 79% of the respondents used autoclave for sterilization of endodontic files. Conclusion: In the present survey, 89.4% of the participants reported to the use of rotary files in root canal treatment and 78.9% of respondents were very much concerned about deterioration of endodontic files over a time period due to sterilization by using autoclave.

Keywords: Disinfection, Endodontic files, Respondents, Sterilization.