Title |
Replacement versus repair of defective restorations in adults: resin composite
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Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, February 2014
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DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd005971.pub3 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Mohammad O Sharif, Melanie Catleugh, Alison Merry, Martin Tickle, Stephen M Dunne, Paul Brunton, Vishal R Aggarwal, Lee Yee Chong |
Abstract |
Composite filling materials have been increasingly used for the restoration of posterior teeth in recent years as a tooth-coloured alternative to amalgam. As with any filling material composites have a finite life-span. Traditionally, replacement was the ideal approach to treat defective composite restorations, however, repairing composites offers an alternative more conservative approach to the tooth structure where restorations are partly still serviceable. Repairing the restoration has the potential of taking less time and may sometimes be performed without the use of local anaesthesia hence it may be less distressing for a patient when compared with replacement. |
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