TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcome of direct restorations placed within the general dental services in England and Wales (Part 4): Influence of time and place
AU - Burke, Frederick
AU - Lucarotti, P
AU - Holder, Roger
PY - 2005/11/1
Y1 - 2005/11/1
N2 - AIM: It is aim of this paper to investigate the outcome of direct-placement restorations provided within the General Dental Services in England and Wales, in relation to the factors related to time and place of restoration placement. METHODS: A modified version of Kaplan-Meier statistical methodology was used to plot survival curves for restorations placed at different times and places, within the population of patients for whom data were available. RESULTS: The results indicated that overall, restoration survival time to re-intervention has declined over the last decade, but that most of the decline can be accounted for by the change in the relative numbers of amalgam and other direct restorations. Restoration survival to re-intervention is independent of whether the water is fluoridated in the area of the dentist's surgery address. Variation with region is not great, but restorations placed in Wales survived to re-intervention significantly longer than those in England (P
AB - AIM: It is aim of this paper to investigate the outcome of direct-placement restorations provided within the General Dental Services in England and Wales, in relation to the factors related to time and place of restoration placement. METHODS: A modified version of Kaplan-Meier statistical methodology was used to plot survival curves for restorations placed at different times and places, within the population of patients for whom data were available. RESULTS: The results indicated that overall, restoration survival time to re-intervention has declined over the last decade, but that most of the decline can be accounted for by the change in the relative numbers of amalgam and other direct restorations. Restoration survival to re-intervention is independent of whether the water is fluoridated in the area of the dentist's surgery address. Variation with region is not great, but restorations placed in Wales survived to re-intervention significantly longer than those in England (P
KW - Kaplan-Meier statistical methodology
KW - restoration
KW - direct restorations
KW - outcome
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=27644583372&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jdent.2005.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jdent.2005.03.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 16221518
VL - 33
SP - 837
EP - 847
JO - Journal of Dentistry
JF - Journal of Dentistry
IS - 10
ER -