QUESTIONNAIRE ON TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR POSTERIOR TOOTH FRACTURES (PTF)

Q1 Are you:

Male Female

Q2 Which of the following best describe the type of work you do?

Q3 Sessions worked (1/2 day) per week:

1 - 3 4 - 6 7 - 9 10 or more

Q4 When did you qualify ?

Q5 Area in which you work

CLASSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR TOOTH FRACTURES (PTF):

I Enamel only
II Enamel and dentine above the amelo-cemental line
III Enamel and dentine below the amelo-cemental line
IV Enamel and dentine below the attached gingiva

Using this classification please tick up to two options for the type of treatment you would usually perform in practice. The rest of the dental arches are intact. Assume Q6, 10 and 11 as premolars and all teeth are vital.

Q6 Class I (enamel only), would you:

Q7 Class II (enamel and dentine), would you:

Q8 Class III (as in 7, but below amelo-cemental line), would you:

Q9 Class IV (as in 8, but below gingiva), would you:

Q10 As in 7 but with the restoration in situ (MOD) displaced as well. Would you:

Q11 Both palatal and buccal cusps fractured and the MOD displaced. Only 2mm coronal height remaining, would you:

Leave Smooth Devitalise, place post and core As in the previous treatment but extend the core margin down to the gingival level Crown lengthen and crown Insert mulitple pins retaining vitality, place amalgam core, then crown Insert mulitple pins retaining vitality, place composite core, then crown Extract

Q12 A large MODB is retained on a lower 6, two cusps fracture leaving the remaining mesio-buccal cusp in situ. Would you remove the restoration before restoring ?

Yes No

Q12a If Yes, would you place a core before crowning the tooth ?

Yes No

Q12b If No, would you

Cut a box and patch the tooth Crown, leaving the restoration in situ

Q13 Posterior tooth fracture poses a restorative problem?

Agree strongly Agree Disagree Disagree strongly

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