Selección de materiales para puentes de tres unidades, encuesta entre odontólogos en Ecuador.

Abstract

Introduction: Among the material options for the elaboration of Fixed Dental Prostheses that dentists have are: metal, metal-ceramic and ceramic. The most commonly used ceramics in dental bridges are: lithium disilicate, zirconium-reinforced lithium silicate and complete zirconium. Objective: To determine the material of choice by dentists in Ecuador for a bridges of three units. Materials and methods: Study of quali-quantitative approach, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical design, deductive and inductive method. It consisted of a sample of 144 dentists, who were surveyed through the "QuestionPro" platform. Results: In the anterior sector, dentists prefer ceramics (74.30%), while in the posterior sector they prefer metal-ceramics (53.50% to 54.90%). In the anterior sector the ceramic of choice was lithium silicate reinforced with zirconia (34.02%), and in the posterior sector monolithic zirconia (40% to 43.05%). In patients with parafunctional activity, dentists prefer ceramic (55.55%) in anterior sector and metal-ceramic (53.50%) in the posterior sector. Conclusion: The vast majority of dentists surveyed chose the material according to the clinical scenario.