Title
Dental restoration selection by students at southern Saudi Arabian universities
Authors
Waleed Asiri, Siraj DAA Khan*, Mohammad Abdulkareem, Hamood Abdullah, Farhan Salah, Khalaf Nasseri & Fahad Fayez
Affiliation
Faculty of Dentistry, Najran University, KSA; *Corresponding author
Siraj DAA Khan - Tel-+966-17542-7960; E-mail- sdkhan@nu.edu.sa
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received September 2, 2022; Revised October 3, 2022; Accepted October 6, 2022, Published October 31, 2022
Abstract
Dental caries is a serious oral health concern and restoration of teeth is the main solution to this issue. Various restorative materials having different properties are used for posterior restoration. The aim of this study was to find that which factors can affect the choice of selection of material for posterior restoration among dental graduate students. For this purpose, a questionnaire was shared electronically among students of three different universities (King Khalid University, Jazan University, and Najran University). After collection, data were subjected to a chi-square test to check the significance. It has been observed that almost 50% of participants choose composite resin for posterior restoration. Results showed that according to most (more than 50%) of the dental students in Southern Saudi Arabia, different patient and tooth condition related factors can affect the choice for selection of restorative material.
Keywords
Amalgam; composite; ceramic; indirect restoration; direct restoration.
Citation
Asiri et al. Bioinformation 18(10): 986-990 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
