Comparison of deciduous molars stainless steel crowns (SSCs) size used by Tabriz pedodontists in both sides of maxilla and mandible in 2019

Abstract

Background: Tooth decay is the most common chronic infectious disease. The primary molar play an effective role in providing nutritional and developmental needs of children and preservation of the place required for permanent teeth. In order to the importance of keeping the destroyed primary molar to maintain the place required for permanent teeth and the importance of the SSC in the repair of the primary molar and to reduce the time of treatment and anesthesia that is very important in children, this study was conducted to compare the size of the SSC of primary molar in the children referring to the clinic of pediatric dentistry and clinics of Tabriz Dental School. Methods: In this descriptive study, 8 dentists were selected with different job history. For each dentist, a total of 38 samples were checked from among the subjects recorded in the checklist, the total number of samples was 304 samples. Then, the data about the SSC size was collected by a checklist for D & E teeth. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software. Results: The results of this study showed that the size of SSC used on the teeth of the first and second primary molars was high similarity in the upper and lower jaw. Conclusion: Due to the high similarity of the SSC size, it can be concluded that in most cases, the size of the teeth in the other side is estimated by measuring one side size. This results in considering that it can be important to reduce the time of pediatric anesthesia when using Stainless Steel Crown to repair primary teeth.