title: Survey of Dental Materials Used by Dentists for Indirect Restorations in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use and selection of materials for indirect restorations by dentists in Saudi Arabia. A structured 18-item questionnaire was designed and sent via email to all dentists with active memberships in the Saudi Dental Society. A total of 373 dentists (20.2%) out of the 1,846 contacted answered the questionnaire. The majority of the responding dentists (81.5%) prefer to use porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns for posterior teeth, while 77.5% use all-ceramic crowns for anterior teeth. Only 29.8% reported using computer-aided design/computer-assisted manufacture in their practice. There was inconsistency among dentists in material selection, and this was affected by the dentist's gender, years of experience, specialty, and service sector.
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: Mohiddin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dimashkieh
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayyan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003764:Dental Materials; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials