[Quality assessment of fillings by place and type of provider].

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of 1310 fillings among third-year dental students of Athens University. The mean age of fillings was 5.6 years. The classification of fillings into three categories of quality showed that 41.4% were satisfactory, 47.2% were acceptable but needed to be refinished, and finally 11.4% had to be replaced. The main reasons for failure were poor performance of anatomic form, secondary caries, poor marginal adaptation and soft tissues damage. The comparison of quality of fillings by place and type of provider showed that University Dental Clinic's fillings were of significantly better quality than those rendered in private or public dental clinics either in Athens or elsewhere. On the contrary the comparison of quality of fillings by place and type of provider (University Clinic excluded) did not show any significant differences.