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The scope of practice of the modern Endodontist in Western Australia
Author(s) -
Girgis Daniel,
Dort Nathan,
Ye Johnson,
Abbott Paul V.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australian endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.703
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1747-4477
pISSN - 1329-1947
DOI - 10.1111/aej.12450
Subject(s) - endodontist , scope (computer science) , demographics , scope of practice , clinical practice , medicine , private practice , family medicine , endodontics , dentistry , political science , demography , sociology , computer science , health care , law , programming language
There are limited data regarding the scope of practice of Endodontists in Australia. The aim of this study was to investigate the scope of practice of Endodontists and Endodontic Registrars in Western Australia. The study comprised a three‐part survey relating to demographics, clinical factors and materials and equipment. The response rate was 70.6%. Compared to the public sector, clinicians in the private sector treated on average twice as many patients per day, twice as many trauma cases per year and, as a proportion of all cases, four and a half times as many apical surgical procedures. These aspects were all statistically significantly different. Other aspects were similar to previous studies within Australia and from other countries.