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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 126, No 10, 1407-1413.
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Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 126, Issue 10, 1407-1413
Copyright © 1995 by American Dental Association

CLINICAL PRACTICE

Does the cycle of rerestoration lead to larger restorations?



CF Brantley, JD Bader, DA Shugars, and SP Nesbit
Advanced Education in General Dentistry program, Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7450, USA.

The common practice of rerestoring teeth has been termed the "cycle of rerestoration." Some researchers and clinicians have speculated that this cycle results in teeth receiving progressively larger restorations. In this study involving 1,337 decisions to replace existing restorations in posterior teeth, the authors noted that 70 percent of all recommendations resulted in an increased number of restored surfaces. This observed increase in restoration size raises questions about the effects of the rerestoration cycle on the health of a tooth and suggests that practitioners should attempt to avoid premature rerestoration since it could hasten the cycle.


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