EDUCATION AND TREATMENT ON MICROSCOPIC DENTISTRY IN ENDODONTIC DEPARTMENT IN JAPAN

Abstract

In 1990^th, endodontic therapy using Microscope was started in USA. In 1998, the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) elected to mandate that all endodontic postgraduate students demonstrate proficiency using an Operating Microscope before they receive their certificates. Also, recently Microscope was used for endodontic therapy in Japan. However, there is no information about how it is used for education nor how many dentists use Microscopes. Seventeenth questionnaire had sent to the department of Endodontics by Japan association of Microscopic Dentistry (JAMD) in 2008. In the results, Microscopic education and treatment were not popular yet in Japan.