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ArticleContemporary clinical dentistry

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Mohita Gupta, Dinesh Rao, Sapna Hegde

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Mohita GuptaPaediatric Dentist (Private Practitioner), Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Dinesh RaoDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Sapna HegdeDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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Abstract

backgroundMicroleakage is one of the most frequently encountered problems in posterior tooth-colored restorations. Efforts to decrease this problem with resin restorations include techniques for reducing the ratio of bonded to unbonded restoration surfaces and following strategic incremental placement techniques to reduce residual stress at tooth-restoration interface which reduces the C-factor, hence microleakage.

aimThe present study aimed to evaluate microleakage associated with three placement techniques for compomer restorations in primary molars. DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY: This

resultsNearly 86.6% of the specimens presented with microleakage involving the entire axial wall and pulpal floor in the bulk-fill group, whereas 56.6% and 46.6% of the specimens in the horizontal-incremental and oblique-incremental groups showed microleakage up to two-third and one-third of the axial walls, respectively. A significant difference in scores was observed between groups (

conclusionMicroleakage was observed with all the three techniques but was comparatively lower with the incremental placement techniques. The oblique-incremental technique offered the least microleakage.

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Compomermicroleakageplacement techniquesprimary molars

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PMID28566851
PMCPMC5426166

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