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Clinical usability of vasundhara's transit for gutta-percha (V transit GP) - A questionnaire-based survey
Siddheswaran Vijayaraghavan1, Krutika Menon1, N M Dhanyakumar1
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
Context:
The lack of a suitable armamentarium to aid in the disinfection and handling of gutta-percha (GP) cones during obturation has been a common challenge amongst dentists.
Aims:
This study assessed the clinical usability of 'Vasundhara's (V) Transit GP' through a questionnaire-based survey.
Settings And Design:
This questionnaire-based study was conducted in Davanagere, Karnataka, in February 2021 for 4 months.
Methods And Material:
The design was 3D printed using a heat-resistant polypropylene material and named 'Vasundhara's Transit for Gutta Percha (V Transit GP)'. Eighteen postgraduate students participated in the study. Fourteen cases were done by each student, seven without and seven with the use of 'V Transit GP'. The GP cones, before obturation, were transferred to their respective canal slots containing 5.25% sodium hypochlorite for one minute and then transferred to their respective distilled water slots. The cones were dried with sterile gauze and taken for obturation. At the end of the procedure, a questionnaire was handed out, the responses were recorded, and the results were tabulated and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 software.
Results:
The results showed that without the use of 'V Transit GP', 84.2% of the dentists felt that the disinfection and handling of GP cones were difficult, whereas with the use of 'V Transit GP', 94.2% of the participants found it to be extremely easy.
Conclusions:
'V Transit GP' proved to be an extremely efficient and user-friendly equipment for easy handling and disinfection of GP cones during obturation.
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