Status of amalgam restorations at a teaching institute

The present study was undertaken to investigate the various causes of amalgam restoration failures. This is a Cross-sectional study. Class Amalgam II fillings with post restoration complaints were clinically examined in randomly selected 200 patients of both genders, at the out patient department of Operative Dentistry. Our study revealed that 61% cases reported with restoration fractures, followed by recurrent carries with 21% failures. Over hang fillings with 12% and food entrapment due to poor proximal contact in 6% cases were the third and fourth most common complaints