Direct posterior coronal restoration: Practice of students clinicians of the odonto-stomatological consultation and treatment center of Abidjan
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Conservative and Endodontics - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
IntroductionDental amalgam and adhesive materials composite resin and glass ionomer cement arecommonly used for occlusofunctional and esthetic teeth rehabilitationThe objective of this study was to assess direct posterior coronal restorative materials used by 19 students clinicians classesMaterial andMethods Aretrospective study was carried out to collect from students performed care records the different types of restorations data from 1994 to 2016 The choice of materials is estimated according to education levels 1st year Master M1 2nd year Master M2 1st year Doctorate D1Thecollected data was processed with SPSS softwarePearson chisquare test was used to compare qualitative variables and the significance threshold set at 5ResultsFrom 1994 to 2016 there were 11 registers recording 19 students classes distributed according to education levelsIn all 6033 posterior teeth procedures were performed on 3134 patientsThese restorations refer to 734 of molars and266 of premolarsIn 1994 the amalgam was used for 9986 and adhesive materials for 014However in 2016 these same materials were frequently used in 7886 to 2114 for the amalgamBetween the first year of Master M1 andthe last year D1 the use of amalgam declines over the years while that of adhesive materials increasesConclusionIt seems in recent years that under the influence of educational approaches centered on adhesive materials youngest practitioners are using composite resin more for posterior restorations compared with senior practitionersKeywordsAdhesive materials Dental amalgam Posterior coronal restorations Students clinicians
Authors and Affiliations
Aline A. Krah-Sinan, Marie Adou-Assoumou, Stéphane X. Djolé, Jonas A. Adou, Edmée C. Mansilla
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