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Divergence between confidence and knowledge of endodontists regarding non-odontogenic pain.

Marcos Dezotti LuizLetycia Accioly Simões CoelhoRodrigo Ricci VivanMarco Antonio Hungaro DuarteMurilo Priori AlcaldePaulo César Rodrigues ContiYuri Martins CostaLeonardo Rigoldi Bonjardim
Published in: Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB (2023)
Overall, self-reported confidence about non-odontogenic pain was high, especially for endodontists who considered their knowledge about orofacial pain sufficient, regardless of whether they had (71.1% - 97.8%) or not (35.7% - 96.4%) been continuously involved in education courses on orofacial pain. In general, self-reported knowledge about non-odontogenic pain was insufficient (0% - 42%), except in the question about how they would act in cases of pain that persists beyond the normal healing time after an endodontic procedure (70.6% - 81.9%). In general, endodontists are confident in their diagnosis and treatment of non-odontogenic pain. Nonetheless, this confidence did not correlate with a commensurate knowledge depth of. Thus, specialization courses in endodontics should highly consider training and qualifying these professionals in the diagnosis of non-odontogenic pain.
Keyphrases
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