[Teaching of endodontics in the 11-member nations of the European Endodontic Society].

This study was commissioned in 1984 by the Council of the European Society of Endodontology (E.S.E.) in order to discover the extent of endodontic teaching in undergraduate curricula, the methods used in the teaching of the subject and the clinical technique favoured by each school. The survey was conducted with the co-operation of the Country Representatives in eleven out of the fourteen member countries. Each representative was sent a questionnaire and asked to translate it, if necessary, into the appropriate language/languages. These translated questionnaires were sent to the Head of the department responsible for endodontic teaching in each school of that country. The questionnaire inquired into the following subjects: 1) Type of school and teaching arrangements; 2) Teaching concepts; 3) Operative procedures. This study confirmed that endodontic teaching in the schools of the eleven countries that contributed to the survey was fundamentally similar and conformed to what is generally accepted as the conventional approach to the endodontic treatment.