Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
1Kalyani Behera .A, 2*Iffat Nasim
Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no: 2671-2680 | Published on: 14-11-2022
Abstract
The restoration of a carious tooth is usually done by excavation of the carious portion of the
tooth and the subsequent replacement with a suitable restorative material. The choice of
restorative material depends on the extent of the carious lesion,the tooth affected and various
other clinical and patient factors.Two modalities of treatment have been followed for the
restoration of such carious tooth namely direct restoration and indirect restorations. Indirect
restorations mainly involve restorations that are fabricated in the lab and then luted into the
prepared cavity to replace the missing portion of the tooth.These restorations are custom cast
in labs with either metal or base metal alloys or by ceramics and porcelains.The current study
aims at evaluating frequency of indirect restorations among patients attending dental hospital.
Case records of around 86,000 patients availing treatment at our dental hospital between June
2019 and March 2020 were analyzed and the required data was extracted. A total of 1773 results
were found for the indirect restorations. Data was transferred to excel sheets and imported to
SPSS software. Results revealed that indirect restorations were done more in patients of the
age group of 18-30 years. On comparing the frequency of indirect restorations among
gender,maximum number of indirect restorations were done for females,maximum number of
indirect restorations were done for maxillary teeth and most of the restorations done were single
crowns as compared to other type of indirect restorations and found to be statistically
significant(p-0.05)Patients should be further educated regarding the importance of maintaining
natural integrity of the tooth and more awareness should be created in this respect.
Keywords:
Direct restorations; Endodontic therapy; Gender; Indirect restorations ; Onlay ;
Quality of life; Survival rate