Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Amalgam or composite? Which is widely practiced and why? - A survey.

Dr Ashwath V, Dr Navneet Bohra S

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Aim: To find out the most commonly used material in clinical practice among composite and amalgam and also to find out the reason behind it. Materials and methods: A set of questions was prepared giving equal importance to both amalgam and composite. It also includes various aspects of material such as manipulation, toxicity, success rate, patients knowledge and wish etc. A question was also made to give dentists opinion on various dental materials and was finally asked to pick one among two material (amalgam or composite). Questionnaire was distributed among 50 clinics in chennai and its outer area. The questionnaire filled by the doctors where collected and assessed. Results: It was found composite is practiced 8 times more frequently than amalgam. The reason being esthetics that makes huge influence in composite as a material to practice frequently and mercury toxicity being a huge influence in reduction in practice of amalgam. Conclusion: Though amalgam having high strength and life span than composite as a restorative material, a material that when given as restoration is exact tooth like and contributing to esthetics makes composite as best material of choice in clinical practice.

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AMALGAM OR COMPOSITE? WHICH IS WIDELY PRACTICED AND WHY?‾A SURVEY., Dr Ashwath V, Dr Navneet Bohra S GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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