Evaluation Of Commonly Treated Maxillary Teeth With Preventive Resin Restoration Among Children With Permanent Dentition

Introduction: Preventive resin restorations are a more conservative treatment mode involving the removal of the demineralised carious portion of the tooth, restoring it with composite and establishing an optimum seal of the restored surface without any sound tooth structure removed unnecessarily. Thus, the present study aims to evaluate permanent teeth in children which are treated with PRR’s. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study had 208 patients who were between 12-17 years of age and treated with PRRs. The gender, age and tooth treated were noted and tabulated. The data was statistically analysed using SPSS v26 (IBM. inc.,USA). Frequency distribution charts for the data categories were obtained and Pearson’s Chi-square test was performed on the data. Results: From the study, it was observed that a greater number of males (56.24%) than females (43.75%) were treated with PRRs for early stage caries. Fewer patients were treated for caries in the premolars (0.96% for right maxillary first premolars and 0.48% for right maxillary second premolars) compared to molars. Children aged 13 years required treatment more often (23.08%) compared to other ages while those of 12 years required treatment less often (9.13%). The left side was more prone for PRR treatment (54.81%) compared to the right side (45.19%). Males were more commonly treated in maxillary right permanent first molars compared to females which was not statistically significant (p=0.139). Conclusion: Males are treated more for PRRs compared to females, while there is a greater need for treating carious teeth during the adolescent years. The study however, has to be filtered from the bias of a predominant right or left handed population to assess whether the side of the dentition requiring treatment with PRRs more often, is relevant.