Indirect Restorations and Fixed Prosthodontics: Materials and Techniques Used by General Dentists of New Zealand

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Impression material</td><td class="align_center">Frequency (<i>n</i>)</td><td class="align_center">Weighted percent (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Addition-cured silicone</td><td class="align_center">105</td><td class="align_center">54.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Polyether</td><td class="align_center">56</td><td class="align_center">30.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Condensation cured silicone</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">5.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alginate</td><td class="align_center">7</td><td class="align_center">4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Other (<i>reaction silicone, aquasil, impregum, omnicam</i>)</td><td class="align_center">14</td><td class="align_center">7.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Type of impression materials used by the dentists surveyed.</div>

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Table 3: Indirect Restorations and Fixed Prosthodontics: Materials and Techniques Used by General Dentists of New Zealand 