On June 2019, Elham Kateeb, an associate professor of Dental Public Health at the Faculty of Dentistry, published a new study in collaboration with the University of Iowa titled “The transition from amalgam to other restorative materials in the U.S. predoctoral pediatric dentistry clinics” in Clinical and Experimental Research journal.
The article aimed to This study investigated the current teaching of different dental materials for use in posterior teeth in the United States predoctoral pediatric dentistry programs. The results of this study demonstrated that Although teaching MID concepts in predoctoral pediatric clinics in dental schools is increasing, the use of amalgam in posterior primary and permanent teeth is still widely practiced. For more information about the study, please contact the main author at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the article link at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cre2.196
