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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2016 Aug 1;147(11):882–890. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2016.06.012

Table 3.

Recommendations for crowns by practitioners responding to this survey. Photographs of posterior teeth with restorations are shown in Figure 1

Recommendations for Crowns

Figure 1A: Occlusal Restoration Percent (n)

Very likely to recommend a crown 0.3 (6)
Likely to recommend a crown 1.9 (33)
Not likely to recommend a crown 32 (563)
Definitely not recommend a crown 66 (1174)

Figure 1B: DO Restoration Percent (n)

Very likely to recommend a crown 12 (208)
Likely to recommend a crown 36 (637)
Not likely to recommend a crown 48 (843)
Definitely not recommend a crown 5 (86)

Figure 1C: MOD Restoration Percent (n)

Very likely to recommend a crown 29 (513)
Likely to recommend a crown 37 (657)
Not likely to recommend a crown 30 (533)
Definitely not recommend a crown 4 (73)

Figure 1D: MOD with Fracture Percent (n)

Very likely to recommend a crown 87 (1546)
Likely to recommend a crown 10 (176)
Not likely to recommend a crown 2 (41)
Definitely not recommend a crown 1 (14)