Longevity of repaired restorations: A practice based study.

Item does not contain fulltextThe aim was to evaluate retrospectively the influence on restoration longevity of a repair and to evaluate longevity of repaired restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a practice, 1202 amalgam and 747 composite resin restorations were placed. 407 restorations failed (amalgam 293, composite 114), 246 restorations were repaired with composite resin using an etch-and-rinse technique. Of repaired restorations reason for failure and number of surfaces of original restoration, repair date, and date of patients' last visit were recorded. Whenever a new treatment was necessary, this was considered failure. Data were analysed by Kaplan-Meier statistics and log-rank tests (p