When is a composite filling contraindicated?
February 1, 2013
This case is presented by Dr. Ian Furst, Coronation Dental Specialty Group
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In an age of mercury-free practices Dr. Spindel tackles the question of “when is a composite filling contraindicated”. I’m interested to see if anyone/everyone agrees with his point of view, both on patient selection and options.
These seem to me to be very reasonable guidelines and my own experience corroborates them.
I keep thinking about the implied question in this post, “is amalgam always contraindicated?”.
In treating rampant decay in children often my Fugi LC II is the main material of chice
These is sound reasoning and I follow a similar protocol. However, what we really need is a good quality randomised controlled trial to demonstrate that placing composite in these cases is indeed more likely to result in recurrent caries and to quantify that risk. If we are to deny patients who seek aesthetic restorations the option of a composite I think it more ethical to do so based on a sound risk assessment generated by a study at lower risk of bias than our own experience and biological reasoning.
sorry for the delay dominic – the comment didn’t come thru on email. You’re comments will automatically be posted now. Ian.