Chris Noel Timothy
Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University Tamilnadu, Chennai, IndiaPublications
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Research
Prevalence of Secondary Caries Among Different Restorations
Author(s): Chris Noel Timothy* and S Delphine Priscilla Antony
Introduction: Secondary caries is an unfortunate occurrence that occurs immediately adjacent to the restoration, usually caused by inadequate extension of the restoration, microleakage or improper excavation of caries from the original lesion. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of secondary caries among different restorations. Materials and methods: This were a comparative, descriptive study, where all the data of the patients who reported to the dental clinics in saveetha dental college, SIMATS, Chennai, India, was obtained from the dental information archiving software (DIAS). Patient records were collected between March 2020 and March 2021. Data was collected and tabulated. The collected data was further analysed, recorded in Microsoft Excel software and was subjected to statistical analysis using IBM SPSS statistics analyser v.23.0. Results and discussion: Th.. Read More»