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J Dent Educ. 71(11): 1414-1419 2007
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Milieu in Dental School and Practice

Provisional Crown Failures in Dental School Predoctoral Clinics

Jeffrey D. Hyde, D.D.S.; James A. Bader, D.D.S., M.P.H.; Daniel A. Shugars, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Key words: prosthodontics, quality assurance, teaching, prostheses

Submitted for publication 05/08/07; accepted 09/05/07

Following a preliminary study indicating that at least 10 percent of single-unit crown temporary restorations failed in patients who received treatment by predoctoral students, a comprehensive examination of provisional crown failure was initiated to identify strategies to reduce the failure rate. For all provisionalized, natural tooth, single-unit crown preparations in University of North Carolina School of Dentistry predoctoral clinics for one year (N=1008), we noted tooth type, type of crown, student level, faculty coverage experience, treatment clinic, temporary material and luting agent, and retreatment (failure) of the provisional restoration. For failures, we also noted the stage of crown preparation at failure and the time since initial placement of the temporary. We analyzed these data using simple cross-tabs and logistic regression on need for retreatment ({alpha} =0.05). The failure rate was 18.75 percent (N=189). The median time to failure was twelve days; the 25th and 75th percentiles were six and twenty-six days. Significant risk factors, in order of odds ratio estimates, were molar tooth, second- or third-year student, and inexperienced faculty. Most provisional failures occurred during the final preparation phase of treatment. Provisional restoration failure is more frequent than was initially suspected from preliminary studies. Strategies for institutional intervention to reduce provisional restoration failure include greater attention to evaluating provisional crowns placed by inexperienced students (sophomores and juniors) and placing more emphasis on the retentiveness of provisional restorations reused following the final impression. Review of provisional evaluation procedures is also indicated for faculty who do not routinely supervise these procedures.






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