The Most Frequently Used Materials for Compensation of Hard Dental Tissue

Svakodnevni napredak u razvoju novih dentalnih materijala za ispune zuba i mogućnost da ih se kupi na tržištu dovode u nedoumicu stomatologe kako izabrati najprikladniji materijal. Svrha je rada bila s pomoću ankete saznati koji se materijali za trajne ispune zuba, dentinski adhezivi te polimerizacijski uređaji najčešće rabe u kliničkoj praksi. Anketa je obuhvatila 304 ispitanika (liječnika stomatologa) s radnim iskustvom u rasponu od 1 do 40 godina. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da je u kliničkoj praksi Tetric Ceram (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) najčešće rabljeni kompozitni materijal, Syntac (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) najčešće rabljelni adheziv, a Heliolux (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) najčešće rabljeni uređaj za polimerizaciju kompozitnih materijala.The continual progress in development of new dental materials for tooth fillings and the presence of those materials on the market confuse the dentist when choosing the most appropriate material. The purpose of this research was to carry aut a survey in order to find out what are the most frequently used materials for permanent tooth fillings, dentine adhesives and polymerization units in clinical practice. The survey covered 304 subjects (doctors/dentists) with experience ranging from 1 to 40 years of practice. The results show that Tetric Ceram (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) is the most used composite material, Syntac (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) the most used dentine adhesive and Heliolux (Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein) the most used curing unit for photopolymerisation of composite materials in clinical practice