Curricular issues changing from amalgam to tooth-coloured materials.
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of curriculum issues in changing from amalgam to tooth-coloured materials.


CONCLUSIONS
Changing from amalgam to tooth-coloured materials in teaching the restoration of posterior teeth may be found to have a considerable enriching effect on the dental curriculum. Subject to meeting a number of prerequisites, the change from amalgam to tooth-coloured materials may cause relatively little curriculum disruption, with the added bonus of a consequential shift from reparative to preservative, minimal invasive dentistry.


CONCLUSIONS
Changing from amalgam to tooth-coloured materials may enrich the typical dental curriculum.
Wilson
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Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, Central Office, Floor 18, Guy's Tower, Guy's Campus, London SE1 9RT, UK. nairn.wilson@kcl.ac.uk
D003188:Composite Resins; D003479:Curriculum; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
D003188:Composite Resins; D003723:Dental Amalgam