The shrinkage of the material can cause post-operative sensitivity and/or debonding, and consequently, marginal staining, microleakage and secondary caries [14].
One of the best alternatives for restoring extensive cavities is the indirect composite restoration; however, this kind of restoration demands a more invasive cavity preparation and may lead to a post-operative sensitivity [1].
Intra-oral radiographs were taken and post-operative sensitivity, if present, was also evaluated with CO2 snow (Fricar, Odontotest) and the sensitivity was scored as positive or negative.
There were no statistically significant differences found between the three types of restorative materials with regard to anatomical form, retention, secondary caries, gingival health, post-operative sensitivity and loss of proximal contact points (p > 0.05).
This technique has similar advantages to EUS (see list above) and may improve the intra-operative sensitivity for identifying small lesions in the head and multiple lesions to up to 97% [ 12].
None of the restorations failed due to secondary caries, post-operative sensitivity and bulk or catastrophic fractures within the observation period of 3 years, contributing to 100% retention rate.
The time and attention devoted to the restoration placement techniques and the clinically acceptable mechanical properties of the restorative materials that minimise the hydrostatic dentin fluid movements might explain the lack of post-operative sensitivity after 36 months in the present study.
We aim to estimate the operative characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios) of three biological markers of inflammation and coagulation as diagnostic tests for sepsis, in patients admitted to hospital care with a presumptive infection as main diagnosis.
However, a combination of the serum tumour markers CEA and VEGF can significantly increase the pre-operative diagnostic sensitivity to 62%.
Students without refractive surgery have higher OSDI score than those who have had the surgery, this is possibly related to the average time of surgery was significantly higher (3.67 ± 2.16 years) than the 6 months that generally takes the corneal re-innervation, and the year in which the pre-operative corneal sensitivity is recovered [28, 29].
