International Journal of Oral Health Dental Management
- ISSN: 2577-6533
Dimitrova. V. Ivanka, Yordanov. V.Teodor
Aim: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of distance e- learning and Covid-19 on the quality of the endodontic treatment performed by students in their final year.
Material and Methods: The object of the study is the practical endodontic work of 139 Bulgarian students as follows: 74 girls and 65 boys. Statistically, this class of students was in a distance e-learning mode with the longest duration of time compared to the other classes in faculty dental medicine due to the imposed restrictions and closing universities, measures introduced in the country on the occasion of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide.
Results: The total number of endodontic cases performed by the final year students was 272, of which 193 were cases of endodontic treatment of single-rooted teeth. The identified perforations were 16 in number or 5.9% of all registered clinical cases, 11 of which were registered in upper and lower molars. The most common type of perforations found were on the floor of the pulp chamber.
Conclusion: The results of the present work show that the prolonged distance e- learning, the Covid-19 pandemic and the reduction of practical work hours for the graduating students of 2022 have worsened the quality of their endodontic treatments, increasing the frequency of recorded iatrogenic perforations, with less- performed available treatments compared with the data reported from previous, similar studies.