29Aug 2017

COMPOSITE RESIN OR COMPOMER FOR THE RESTORATION OF PRIMARY MOLARS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

  • Ass. Lecturer, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Fayoum University.
  • Ass. Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.
  • Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.
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The present systematic review was performed to evaluate the clinical performance of composite resin and compomer; when used in restoration of primary molars.Search in literature was performed inPubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Embase databases,up to the 30th of November 2016 to identify relevant studies. Randomized control trials evaluating both restorative materials; were exclusively included. In vitro studies, animal studies, case series, case reports, and cohort studies were excluded. From the 190different screened articles; 4 experiments were included in the review. The current reviewconcluded that the clinical performance of both composite resin and compomer restorations;is acceptable, indicating no superiority of either restorations. Although. further studies are required to develop stronger evidence.


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[Maha Moussa Azab, Dalia Mohamed Moheb, Osama Ibrahim El Shahawy and MervatRashed. (2017); COMPOSITE RESIN OR COMPOMER FOR THE RESTORATION OF PRIMARY MOLARS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 1906-1912] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Maha Moussa Azab
Ass. Lecturer, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Fayoum University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5256      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5256