National survey of the use of new technologies in the dental office (part 1)

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 first part of a work of two parts; in this paper we will study the evaluation of these technologies:X-Ray digital equipment, magnification devices, apex locator, Ni-ti rotary instruments, hot gutta equipment, bleaching device chairs. Results: According to the results of this survey, of a sample of 358 participants, 93% of dentists use digital X-Ray equipment. Only 27% of the surveyed practitioners use a magnification device. Of a sample of 385 dentists, 75.6% use the apex locator, 83.9% use NiTi rotary instruments. Only 8.83% of dentists use warm guttapercha gun and 52.2% of dentists report using a chair-whitening device.