Question · asked by 1 review

Preformed metal crown (stainless steel), conventional technique vs Aesthetic crown (stainless steel with composite/white veneer), conventional technique: Adverse events: bone resorption

Population
Children with decayed primary molar teeth
Intervention
Preformed metal crown (stainless steel), conventional technique
Comparison
Aesthetic crown (stainless steel with composite/white veneer), conventional technique
Outcome
Adverse events: bone resorption

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Preformed metal crown (stainless steel), conventional technique vs Aesthetic crown (stainless steel with composite/white veneer), conventional technique
Adverse events: bone resorption · Children with decayed primary molar teeth · Six months and four years
Preformed crowns for decayed primary molar teeth (2015) · Cochrane All outcomes
Bone resorption: one case at six months in a tooth treated with a veneer crown; no bone resorption at either the veneer crown or stainless steel sites at four-year follow-up (Analysis 3.2).1 study · 11 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Preformed crowns for decayed primary molar teeth
2015 · Cochrane All outcomes
2015-01Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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