Dentists’ Perception and Clinical Use of Preformed Metal Crowns to Restore Primary Molar Defects in Chengdu City, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Dentists’ reported main indications to use PMCs for primary molar restoration.

Main indications of using PMCs		Percent of responses (%)	Percent of cases (%)
With multisurface caries	123	20.5	94.6
After endodontic treatment	113	18.8	86.9
Form anomalies (e.g., enamel aplasia)	97	16.2	74.6
Dental tissues with large defects and fractures	97	16.2	74.6
High carious risk	92	15.3	70.8
Infraocclusion	78	13.0	60
Total	600	100.0	461.5

PMCs: preformed metal crowns.