EVALUATION OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT BETWEEN AMALGAM FILLING AND STAINLESS STEEL CROWN IN PRIMARY TEETH.

乳齒(유치)에 있어서 Stainless steel crown Amalgam과 充塡(충전)과의 비교연구(比較硏究)

  • Woo, Won-Sup (Dept. of Pedodontics, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • 우원섭 (서울대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실)
  • Published : 1977.01.01

Abstract

The study was performed to evaluate effects of Conservative treatment between amalgam filling and stainless steel crown. The selected subjects for this study was 350 children who have amalgam filling or stainless steel crown. The obtained results are as followings. 1. In amalgam filling teeth, 120 teeth (60.0%) showed marginal leakage, 57 teeth (28.5%) showed fracture of filling material and 28 teeth (14.0%) teeth showed periapical lesion. 2. In crowned teeth, 6 teeth (3.0%) showed hole on the surface of crown, 29 teeth (14.5%) showed avulsion of crown and 10 teeth (5.0%) showed periapical lesion. 3. After 12 months from examining date, 69 teeth (34.5%) showed sound condition in amalgam filling teeth and 155 teeth (75.2%) showed sound condition in crowned teeth.

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