Restorative material choices for extensive carious lesions and hypomineralisation defects in children: a questionnaire survey among Finnish dentists

Authors

  • E Wuollet Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
  • B Tseveenjav Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
  • J Furuholm Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
  • J Waltimo-Sirén Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki
  • H Valen Nordic Institute for Dental Materials (NIOM), Oslo
  • A Mulic Nordic Institute for Dental Materials (NIOM), Oslo
  • V Ansteinsson Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Eastern Norway (OHCE-E), Oslo
  • M-M Uhlen Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Eastern Norway (OHCE-E), Oslo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2020.21.01.06

Keywords:

Dental caries, Dental developmental defects, MIH, Hypomineralization, Dental treatment, Restorative options, treatment decision

Abstract

AIM: This survey assessed Finnish dentists' treatment decisions and choices of restorative materials in selected paediatric dental patient cases, with special emphasis on stainless steel crowns (SSCs). METHODS: A questionnaire with patient descriptions and tooth photographs was e-mailed to members of Finnish Dental Society (n=3,747). The respondents were asked to choose their preferred treatment in cases describing 1) extensive occlusal carious lesion in a primary molar of a cooperative child; 2) an identical lesion, treated under dental general anaesthesia (DGA); and 3) a symptomatic first permanent molar with enamel hypomineralisation (consistent with Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization, MIH) and post-eruptive breakdown. Only responses from dentist treating children were included (final n=765).