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To Repair Or Replace: That Is The Restorative Question, Juhstin M. Brown, Clement S. Augustus
To Repair Or Replace: That Is The Restorative Question, Juhstin M. Brown, Clement S. Augustus
Dental Hygiene Student Scholarship
Objective/Aims: During dental visits, patients spend the majority of their time with their dental hygienist. At these recall appointments the patient’s face-to-face time with the dentist may be short. At this part of the appointment the dentist may diagnose the need for restorative treatment for the patient. Part of the hygienist’s responsibility is to explain treatment options for teeth with restorative needs. The purpose of this review of literature is to provide both options for restoration of dentition to a functional/aesthetic state.
Methods: Studies pertaining to the topic were searched using PubMed database. Keywords used in the search were amalgam, …