THE PREVALENCE OF POSTOPERATIVE SENSITIVITY IN TEETH RESTORED WITH CLASS-II COMPOSITE RESIN RESTORATIONS

There is much less consensus about the number of complaints of postoperative pain after composite resin restorations are placed, when compared with the widely recognized phenomenon of a short interval of pain after other restorations of teeth. This study involved 244 Class II restorations provided for fifty-six patients, who were between fifteen and thirty-five years of age. A fourth of the patients accounted for 60 percent of the complaints.