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JDR Clin Trans Res. 2016 Oct;1(3):292-299. doi: 10.1177/2380084416663192.

Ten-Year Survival of Class II Restorations Placed by General Practitioners.

JDR clinical and translational research

M Laske, N J M Opdam, E M Bronkhorst, J C C Braspenning, M C D N J M Huysmans

Affiliations

  1. 1 Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of Dentistry, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 30931745 DOI: 10.1177/2380084416663192

Abstract

The aim of this retrospective practice-based study was to investigate the survival of direct class II restorations placed by a group of general dental practitioners (GDPs) and to analyze the effect of practice-, patient-, and tooth/restoration-related factors. Electronic patient files of 24 general dental practices were used for collecting the data for this study. From the patient files, survival rates of 222,836 composites, amalgams, glass ionomers, and compomers placed in 61,121 patients by 67 GDPs between 1999 and 2011 were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier statistics and a multiple Cox regression. The investigated group of GDPs placed restorations with a satisfactory survival (mean AFR

Keywords: clinical trials; composite resins; dental amalgam; longevity; retrospective study; risk factors

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