Cm. Kreulen et al., PREVALENCE OF POSTOPERATIVE SENSITIVITY WITH INDIRECT CLASS-II RESIN COMPOSITE INLAYS, Journal of dentistry for children, 60(2), 1993, pp. 95-98
In this clinical trial, the prevalence of Postoperative sensitivity is
studied in a comparison of standard size indirect class II resin comp
osite inlays with class II amalgam restorations. Fifteen percent of th
e 240 restored teeth (resin composite and amalgam restorations) showed
some form of sensitivity, the majority of them of a passing nature. N
o difference was found between amalgam and composite restorations. Mol
ars appear to show more complaints than premolars and, rather than the
restorative material applied, the patient seems to determine the resu
lts. Differences in prevalence of sensitivity between direct resin com
posite restorations in a previous study and the indirect restorations
are discussed, using among others the differences in sensitivity that
were found between the amalgam-control restorations of both studies.