CLINICAL AND LABORATORY WORKFLOW WITH FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES – A SURVEY AMONG DENTISTS AND DENTAL TECHNICIANS
Abstract
With the advancement of medicine and the development of new technologies, more and more manufacturing companies consult dental specialists about their opinion on certain techniques, materials and devices in order to improve and refine them. The purpose of this article is to compare and study the opinion of dentists and dental technicians on the treatment with fixed restorations of zirconium dioxide, made using a conventional and digital impression technique. Materials and methods: Using anonymous questionnaires of 20 questions, the opinion of 72 dentists and 53 dental technicians was documented regarding the clinical and laboratory wrokflow protocol and the final result in the treatment with fixed partial dentures made of zirconium dioxide. Results: The majority of dentists treat a distally limited defect with a small number of mising teeth with a fixed partial dentures (86.1%). The most commonly used are porcelain-fused to metal with a non-precious alloy framework (83% for dental technicians and 93.1% of dentists, respectively), followed by zirconium dioxide structures (39.60% for dental technicians and 37.50% for dentists, respectively). Conclusion: The main way in which dentists and dental technicians treat distally limited defects of the dentition is through fixed porcelain-fused to metal restorations. Most dental professionals use a two-stage two-layer impression technique with addition silicones and standard metal impression trays.
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