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ORIGINAL STUDY
Sarfi Shafia,1* Mandeep S Grewal,2* Deepika Chandhok,3* Sugandha Bhalla,4* Dildeep Bali5*
1Registrar, Government Dental College and Hospital, Shireen Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. 2 Professor and
Head, PDM Dental College, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, 3Associate Professor, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti
Dental College, Nagpur. 4Senior Lecturer, ITS Dental College, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 5 Professor and Head,
Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad. *Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Received 26 January 2016. Revised 3 February 2016. Accepted 26 February 2016. Published online 16 March 2016.
ABSTRACT:
KEYWORDS: Composites are the most widely used anterior and posterior restorative material in today’s era.
Failures of these restorations are a major concern in clinical practice. A clinician should be aware
of the longevity, likely reasons for the failure of restorations and various parameters that have to
be taken into account for a successful restoration. Aim of the study was to know the various
Composites, clinical aspects practiced as related to composite resins among dentists in two different
Acid etching, populations to get a wide range of opinion. 100 dentists from each population were randomly
Isolation, selected without any bias. Each dental practitioner was given a questionnaire in which they were
Bonding agent, asked about the various practices of composites they employ in their dental clinics. By conducting
Finishing a survey on the techniques and methodology used by various clinicians in different cities we have
tried to determine practices related to materials, manipulation and technique used.
Baek CJ studied the effects of light intensity and There are no conflicts of interest.
light-curing time on the degree of polymerization of dental
composite resins and found that light-curing composite resins
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