Call for Papers : Volume 11, Issue 04, April 2024, Open Access; Impact Factor; Peer Reviewed Journal; Fast Publication

National survey of the use of new technologies in the dental office (part 2)

Objective: This national survey aims at providing data on the use of new technologies in the dental offices of Morocco. Materials and method: In order to meet the aforementioned objectives, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Marrakech during the second edition of the National Dental Conference "Moroccan Dental Meeting" held on 26-27-28 November 2017.The type of sampling adopted is of a non-probabilistic or empirical type. This is the second part of a work of two parts;in this paper we will study the evaluation of these technologies: Implantology equipment, CAD / CAM equipment, lasers, meeting and archiving management software, aesthetic analysis equipmentand software, digital photography, the material of tooth shade assessment. Results: The results of this study showed that for a total of 385 dentists, only 47 practiced implantology (12.2%). Concerning the rate of dentists using CAD/CAM equipment on this study, the rate remains limited, with a percentage of 4.10%. The study revealed that 90.13% of the dentists surveyed do not have a laser. Only 41 dentists (10.65%) had tooth shade equipment, Barely 18.18% of dentists from sample use appointment management and archiving software. Only 3.4% of participants had aesthetic analysis software. While 30.1% use digital photography to document their clinical cases. out of which 25.4% of dentists who with Flash Phonebook, 7% with Side Flashes and 3.1 with Polarizing Flashes of the total sample.

Author: 
Andoh A., Laghzaoui S., NajiAmrani M. and Boujoual I.
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