Impact of the use of rubber dam on patient comfort in the department of cariology and endodontology
LIU Si-yi
LIU Jing-yin
LIU Mu-qing
DONG Yan-mei
Abstract：AIM: To investigate the patients′ acceptance of rubber dam use and the influencing factors of rubber dam during restorative and endodontic treatment. METHODS:Rubber dam was used during restorative or en-dodontic treatment in 202 patients (85 males and 117 females) aged 14 to 78 year-old (36. 5 on average) in this ques-tionnaire study. Patients′acceptance rate of rubber dam usage and whether tooth position, type of treatment and local anesthesia would affect the use of rubber dam were studied. RESULTS:Of all the patients questioned, 88. 1% would like to use rubber dam again during dental treatment. The acceptance rate of patients who had maxillary anterior teeth treatment was higher (97. 1%, P<0. 05). Moreover, patients with local anesthesia showed higher acceptance of rub-ber dam use than those without anesthesia (P<0. 05). However, the acceptance rate of rubber dam use between pa-tients receiving direct adhesive restoration and root canal treatment showed no significant difference (P>0. 05). CON-CLUSION:Patients' acceptance rate of rubber dam use was high in the department of cariology and endodontology. Tooth position and local anesthesia may influence patients' degree of comfort during rubber dam use.
Keywords：?rubber dampatientcomfort
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 682-684 )