04 February 2024 : Database Analysis
Factors Influencing Dentists' Choice of Restorative Materials for Single-Tooth Crowns: A Survey Among Saudi Practitioners
Ali Robaian1ABEFG*, Nawaf Munawir Alotaibi2BFG, Aljowhara Khaled Allaboon3BG, Dana Saleh AlTuwaijri4BDG, Abdullah Fahad Aljarallah5ABFG, Rola Salman Alshehri6BC, Aljawharah Ali Alabsi7BG, Mubashir Baig Mirza
1ACDEF, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem8CDE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942723
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942723
Table 2 Comparison of preferred crown materials for tooth number 11 (supra- and subgingival) with dentists’ characteristics (upper arch).
| n | Metal | PFM | Ceramic | Resin CAD/CAM | Others | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Supragingival | 811 | 9 (1.1%) | 21 (2.6%) | 716 (88.3%) | 64 (7.9%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.305ns | |
| Subgingival | 811 | 5 (0.6%) | 32 (3.9%) | 717 (88.4%) | 57 (7.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Sex | M | Supragingival | 387 | 8 (2.1%) | 9 (2.3%) | 348 (89.9%) | 21 (5.4%) | 1 (0.3%) | <0.01hs |
| F | 424 | 1 (0.3%) | 12 (2.8%) | 368 (86.8%) | 43 (10.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| M | Subgingival | 387 | 5 (1.3%) | 11 (2.8%) | 338 (87.3%) | 33 (8.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.017sig | |
| F | 424 | 0 (0.0%) | 21 (5.0%) | 379 (89.3%) | 24 (5.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Years of experience | <5 | Supragingival | 320 | 7 (2.2%) | 6 (1.9%) | 287 (89.7%) | 20 (6.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001Vhs |
| 5–15 | 318 | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (4.7%) | 286 (89.9%) | 16 (5.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | |||
| >15 | 173 | 2 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 143 (82.7%) | 28 (16.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| <5 | Subgingival | 320 | 3 (0.9%) | 16 (5.0%) | 280 (87.5%) | 21 (6.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.034sig | |
| 5–15 | 318 | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (5.0%) | 282 (88.7%) | 20 (6.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| >15 | 173 | 2 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 155 (89.6%) | 16 (9.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Area of expertise | GD | Supragingival | 450 | 7 (1.6%) | 17 (3.8%) | 393 (87.3%) | 32 (7.1%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0.027sig |
| Others | 249 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.2%) | 218 (87.6%) | 28 (11.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Prosth | 112 | 2 (1.8%) | 1 (0.9%) | 105 (93.8%) | 4 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| GD | Subgingival | 450 | 3 (0.7%) | 28 (6.2%) | 382 (84.9%) | 37 (8.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.001vhs | |
| Others | 249 | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.6%) | 229 (92%) | 16 (6.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Prosth | 112 | 2 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 106 (94.6%) | 4 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| n – total; ns – non significant; sig – significant; hs – highly significant; vhs – very highly significant; GD – general dentist; others – specialist other than prosthodontist; prosth – prosthodontist. | |||||||||