Abstract
To evaluate the current situation of undergraduate endodontic teaching in Spanish dental schools. An online version, translated into Spanish, of a survey conducted in the UK (Int Endod J 52, 2019, 1077) was sent via email to the undergraduate endodontic programme leads in all 23 Spanish dental schools. The response rate was 96%. In 95% of dental schools, endodontics is taught in the fourth year. Students treat simple root canal treatment cases in 100% of schools and only in 40% treat moderate cases. In 65% of schools, students are supervised by full-time professors who are specialists in Endodontics, significantly more frequently in private dental schools (P=0.002). Spanish dental schools use both rotary and reciprocating instrumentation systems during endodontic training, with consistency on methods of working length determination, use of silicate-based endodontic cements, irrigating solutions, inter-visit medicaments and canal filling techniques. No type of magnification is used in 90% of dental schools, and only 25% use ultrasonic instruments. Private dental schools have a significantly better staff: student ratio during clinical practice (P=0.041), spend significantly more hours in clinical training (P=0.04) and have significantly greater number of clinical areas specifically dedicated to Endodontics (P=0.010). Undergraduate endodontic teaching in Spanish dental schools follows the key recommendations of the ESE Undergraduate Curriculum Guidelines (Int Endod J 46, 2013, 1105), being, in most respects, comparable to that carried out in the UK (Int Endod J 52, 2019, 1077). The use of magnification and ultrasonic instruments needs to be increased. Private schools reported better results than public schools in some of the variables that were analysed.
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