Crown Taper Angles Achieved by Dental Students: A Systematic Review.

J Dent Educ

Kenneth J. Strain, BDS, is Clinical Researcher, University of Aberdeen Dental School; James Mackie, PG Dip Dent Tech, is Senior Dental Technician and Dental Technology Instructor, University of Aberdeen Dental School; Stephen J. Bonsor, BDS, MSc, is Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Aberdeen Dental School; and Tatiana V. Macfarlane, PhD, is Honorary Reader in Epidemiology, University of Aberdeen Institute of Applied Health Sciences.

Published: November 2018

The aim of this systematic review was to examine the literature on clinical taper angles achieved by dental students during crown preparation to determine the theoretical and clinically acceptable values identified in research studies. Medline, Embase, Web of Knowledge, the Cochrane Library, the , and the were searched to identify relevant studies. Studies were included if they were in vivo research on full crown preparations by dental students and published in English. Data extracted were country, year of publication, model selection and measurement methods, tests for reproducibility, tooth type, number of teeth assessed, and tapers achieved. The search resulted in 12 included articles from 11 countries published between 1978 and 2014 featuring a total of 2,306 preparations. In those studies, students failed to achieve ideal convergence angles (between 4° and 14°) but produced clinically acceptable results (between 10° and 20°). These findings should be taken into account when assessing dental students during their training programs.

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