Prevalence Of Anterior Strip Crowns Among Carious Primary Teeth

In case of congenital malformation, discoloration of teeth suffered from trauma or congenitally and teeth with amelogenesis imperfecta and post pulpectomy strip crowns are given .Strip crowns are transparent plastic crowns with varying sizes.The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence strip crowns were preferred for a carious primary teeth.A retrospective study was carried out using case records of 199 patients who reported to the Department of Pedodontics from June 2019 to March 2020.The various cases where strip crowns were preferred for treatment were observed from the digital records and tabulated on a spreadsheet. The collected data was analysed by computer software SPSS version 21 using Chi square test with the level of significance with age,gender of patients who selected strip crowns.The patients who took strip crowns were 51.8% other treatment for anterior carious primary tooth was 48.2%.The strip crowns were taken as a treatment of choice for anterior primary carious teeth after pulpectomy and it was prevalently used among male children in the age group of 3 to 5 years of age. Both age and gender of the children had no significant association with strip crowns as a treatment of choice.