Table 5 Treatment strategy of the clinical cases between general dentist, endodontic, and other specialized dentist
From: Management of deep carious lesions among Syrian dentists: a cross-sectional study
General dentist | Endodontic | Other specialty | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical case 1 | Direct pulp capping | 36.4% | 37.8% | 27% | 0.001* |
Pulpotomy using MTA under isolation | 10.2% | 26.7% | 4.5% | ||
Complete root canal treatment (RCT) | 53.4% | 35.6% | 68.5% | ||
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
Clinical case 2 | Direct pulp capping | 28.8% | 22.2% | 28.1% | 0.167 |
Pulpotomy using MTA under isolation | 61% | 77.8% | 64% | ||
Complete root canal treatment (RCT) | 10.2% | 0 | 7.9% | ||
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% |