Table 2 Management’s differences between vital and NPAAA cases & main treatment’s modalities adopted by Participants in NPAA cases
Would you deal with NPAA differently | Respondents’ Classification | Total | |||||
GDPs | Endodontists | Others | |||||
Using of Rubber Dam | 13.3% | 9.7% | 0% | 11.9% | |||
Type of sealer | 15.6% | 6.5% | 20% | 13.5% | |||
Size of apical preparation | 33.3% | 32.3% | 60% | 34.1% | |||
Type of intra-canal medication | 78.9% | 16.1% | 80% | 63.5% | |||
Apical extension of preparation | 17.8% | 29% | 20% | 20.6% | |||
Methods for WL measurement | 6.7% | 3.2% | 0% | 5.6% | |||
Use of rotary instruments | 8.9% | 0% | 20% | 7.1% | |||
Technique of C&S | 24.4% | 22.6% | 0% | 23% | |||
Type of irrigants | 62.2% | 38.7% | 100% | 57.9% | |||
Obturation technique | 17.8% | 3.2% | 0% | 13.5% | |||
Overall Total | 100% (90) | 100% (31) | 100% (5) | 86.3% (126) | |||
Respondents’ Classification | Instrumentation techniques | Total | |||||
Conventional | Step Back | Crown Down | Â | ||||
GDP | 21.2% | 45.2% | 57.7% | 173 (100%) | |||
Endodontists | 0% | 8.6% | 97.1% | 38 (100%) | |||
Other | 20% | 60% | 100% | 5 (100%) | |||
Total | 16% | 36.8% | 68.8% | 216 (100%) | |||
| Â | Irrigants used in NPAAA cases | Total | |||||
Respondents’ Classification | EDTA | NAOCL | CH | NAOCL + (EDTA or CH)a | NAOCL + (EDTA + CH)a | Other |  |
GDP | 23.1% | 92.3% | 17.3% | 29.5% | 8.2% | 3.8% | 104 (100%) |
Endodontists | 21.6% | 100% | 10.8% | 21.6% | 10.8% | 28% | 37 (100%) |
Other | 40% | 100% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 0% | 5 (100%) |
Total | 23.3% (82.3%) | 94.5% | 15.8% (100%) | 27.7% | 9.1% | 2.7% | 141 (100%) |
Respondents’ Classification | Patterns of Antibiotics Usage | Total | |||||
Never | Always | Generally | Frequently | Sometimes | Rarely | Â | |
GDP | 5.8% | 21.2 | 26% | 11.5% | 24% | 11.5% | 100% (104) |
Endodontists | 13.5% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 16.2% | 18.9% | 29.7% | 100% (37) |
Other | 20% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 100% (5) |
Total | 8.2% | 18.5% | 21.2% | 12.3% | 23.3% | 16.4% | 100% (146) |