Failure of Restorations

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

• Vanilla

• Chocolate

• Strawberry

• Other

What is the likely cause of this failure?

• a.Recurrent caries

• b.Amalgam fracture

• c.Tooth fracture

• d.Loss of form

What is the likely cause of this failure?

• a.Recurrent caries

• b.Amalgam blues

• c.Amalgam tattoo

• d.Loss of form

How would you manage this failure?

• a.Root canal treatment

• b.Repair the restoration

• c.Replace the restoration

• d. Reseal the restoration

How would you manage this failure?

• a.Root canal treatment

• b.Repair the restoration

• c.Replace the restoration

• d. Reseal the restoration

Twenty-eight-year postoperative occlusal view of tooth 26 with a moderately large occlusolingual composite restoration. Discoloration, marginal staining, and loss of anatomic form are evident with no patient symptoms. What is your management?

• a. Review and monitor as the restoration is still functional

• b.Repair the restoration

• c.Replace the restoration

• d. Reseal the restoration

How would you manage this failure?

• a.Repair the mesial and distal composite

• b.Repair the mesial and replace the distal

• c.Replace mesial and distal

• d.Refurbish the mesial and replace the distal

How would you rate the lecture “failure of restorations”?

• a.Excellent: It covered everything

• b.Good: It covered most things

• c.Fair: I was expecting more

• d.Poor: I was expecting something else

How useful was the lecture and slides?

• a.Extremely useful

• b.Very useful

• c.Somewhat useful

• d.Not useful

How clearly did your instructor explain the lecture?

• a.Extremely clearly

• b.Very clearly

• c.Somewhat clearly

• d.Not clearly