Purpose: To evaluate the performance of several dental adhesives used for bonding tooth-colored fillings to teeth 6 years after the fillings have been placed. Participants: Subjects which had participated in the study entitled "Clinical Evaluation of New Total-Etch and Self-Etch Dental Adhesives" (IRB Study #07-0673). Procedures (methods): Fillings that had been placed 6 years ago will be evaluated by a direct, visual examination. Close-up intra-oral clinical photographs of each filling will be made. An impression of the filling may be obtained. The specific study aim of this 6-year recall of the patients treated in IRB Study #07-0673 is to evaluate the fillings placed according to the following characteristics: Retention; Color match; Cavosurface margin discoloration; Secondary caries; Anatomic form; Marginal adaptation and/or integrity; Post-operative sensitivity.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
The University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Change from baseline to 6-year follow-up in retention.
Each filling will be evaluated using the same modified United States Public Health Service (USPHS) direct evaluation procedures as were used during the 07-0673 study. Intraoral clinical photos will be obtained. Polyvinylsiloxane impressions of the filling and adjacent tooth structure may be obtained for those patients who had impressions made during the 07-0673 study.
Time frame: sole visit (6 years post participation in related study).
Change from baseline to 6-year follow-up in color match.
Each filling will be evaluated using the same modified United States Public Health Service (USPHS) direct evaluation procedures as were used during the 07-0673 study. Intraoral clinical photos will be obtained. Polyvinylsiloxane impressions of the filling and adjacent tooth structure may be obtained for those patients who had impressions made during the 07-0673 study.
Time frame: sole visit (6 years post participation in related study).
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