Operative Dent

Question 1

In Dixon’s 2014 study “Critical evaluation of ex vivo restoration of carious equine maxillary cheek teeth infundibulae following high-pressure gas and micro-particle abrasion”, at what depth was there a correlation with incomplete restoration of an infundibula?

TVJ 2014

Answer 1

15mm

Question 2

In Dixon’s 2014 study “Critical evaluation of ex vivo restoration of carious equine maxillary cheek teeth infundibulae following high-pressure gas and micro-particle abrasion”, what % of deep infubibulae were incompletely restored?

TVJ 2014

Answer 2

54%

This study has demonstrated that high-pressure abrasion with aluminium hydroxide particles is ineffective at removing food debris and carious dental material from carious infundibulae >15 mm in depth