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 3 Comparison of preferred crown materials for tooth number 34 (supra- and subgingival) with dentists’ characteristics (lower arch).
| n | Metal | PFM | Ceramic | Resin CAD/CAM | Others | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Supragingival | 811 | 9 (1.1%) | 141 (17.4%) | 627 (77.3%) | 33 (4.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0.579ns | |
| Subgingival | 811 | 2 (0.2%) | 172 (21.2%) | 612 (75.5%) | 24 (3.0) | 1 (0.1) | |||
| Sex | M | Supragingival | 387 | 9 (2.3%) | 78 (20.1%) | 282 (72.9%) | 17 (4.4) | 1 (0.3) | 0.002vhs |
| F | 424 | 0 (0.0%) | 63 (14.8%) | 345 (81.4%) | 16 (3.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| M | Subgingival | 387 | 3 (0.8%) | 84 (21.7%) | 294 (76%) | 5 (1.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0.0215sig | |
| F | 424 | 0 (0.0%) | 87 (20.5%) | 318 (75%) | 19 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Years of experience | <5 | Supragingival | 320 | 2.2 (7%) | 56 (17.5%) | 233 (72.8%) | 24 (7.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001vhs |
| 5–15 | 318 | 0.0 (0%) | 33 (10.4%) | 280 (88.0%) | 5 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| >15 | 173 | 2 (1.2%) | 52 (30.1%) | 114 (65.9%) | 4 (2.3%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||
| <5 | Subgingival | 320 | 0 (0.0%) | 84 (26.2%) | 224 (70%) | 12 (3.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001vhs | |
| 5–15 | 318 | 0 (0.0%) | 44 (13.8%) | 274 (86.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| >15 | 173 | 2 (1.2%) | 44 (25.4%) | 114 (65.9%) | 12 (6.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | |||
| Area of expertise | GD | Supragingival | 450 | 7 (1.6%) | 88 (19.6%) | 326 (72.4%) | 29 (6.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001vhs |
| Others | 249 | 0 (0.0%) | 40 (16.1%) | 204 (81.9) | 4 (1.6%) | 1 (0.4%) | |||
| Prosth | 112 | 2 (1.8%) | 13 (11.6%) | 97 (86.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| GD | Subgingival | 450 | 0 (0.0%) | 115 (25.6%) | 319 (70.9%) | 16 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001vhs | |
| Others | 249 | 0 (0.0%) | 40 (16.1%) | 200 (80.3%) | 8 (3.2%) | 1 (0.4%) | |||
| Prosth | 112 | 2 (1.8%) | 17 (15.2%) | 93 (83%) | 0 (0.0%) | 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. | |||||||||