Effect of Smokeless Tobacco on Surface Roughness of Dental Restorations

Abstract

Purpose: Comparatively assess the effect of smokeless tobacco/salivary substitute mixture on altering surface roughness of amalgam, composite resin, and resin modified glassionomer (RMGI) restorations. Materials and Methods: Sixty cubic restorations (three groups of twenty) were fabricated using a 4mmx3mmTeflon mold. One examiner assessed the restorations at time points representing zero days, one day, one week, two weeks, one month, and three months. The data obtained were collected using a surface profilometer, measured in micrometers. Data were statistically analyzed using two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Test. A difference was significant if p<0.05.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1036919

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  • Shani O. Thompson

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  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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  • Addiction
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  • Analysis Of Variance
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  • Composite Materials
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  • Electrons
  • Materials
  • Preservatives
  • Profilometers
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness

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  • Medicine
  • Physics

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