Patients' perception on the use of rubber dam for dental treatment

Yum,  Jiwan; Kwak,  Sang Won; Lee,  Hyojin; Kim,  Hyeon-Cheol

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 53(11); 2015 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2015;53(11):795-803.
Published online November 30, 2015.

치과치료시 러버댐의 사용에 대한 환자의 인식도 조사

염지완¹, 곽상원², 이효진³, 김현철⁴

^¹센텀타워치과의원
^²부산대학교 치의학전문대학원 치과보존학교실
^³APEC 기후 연구소
^⁴부산대학교 치의학전문대학원 치과보존학교실

Patients' perception on the use of rubber dam for dental treatment

Jiwan Yum¹, Sang Won Kwak², Hyojin Lee³, Hyeon-Cheol Kim⁴

¹Centum Tower Dental Clinic
²Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Dental Research Institute
³Climate Research Department, APEC Climate Center
⁴Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Dental Research Institute

Abstract

A questionnaire-based survey was done to evaluate the patients' perception on the use of Rubber Dam (RD) for the tooth isolation during dental treatment. Total 106 questionnaire were gathered and the data were analyzed according to the patients' gender, age, previous experience of RD. The 96% of total patients reported no experience of RD in their previous treatment. The first advantage of RD was selected as the protection of irrigant and medication into the oral cavity and the disadvantage was selected as saliva gathering during treatment. 98% of patients want to use RD for the next treatment and 99% remarked that the RD is essential for the dental treatment. Based on the surveyed data, majority of the patients highly satisfied with the RD use and they want to use RD and may consider the use of RD for the selection of dental clinic.

Key Words: tooth isolation;rubber dam;perception;root canal treatment;satisfaction;