Question · asked by 1 review

Metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) vs Cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns: Crown failure

Population
Adults (18 years or older) needing a single crown in the molar or premolar region
Intervention
Metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia)
Comparison
Cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns
Outcome
Crown failure

It is very uncertain whether metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) changes crown failure compared with cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) vs Cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns
Crown failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing a single crown in the molar or premolar region · 12 months
It is very uncertain whether metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) changes crown failure compared with cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns (very low certainty).
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
OR 0.83 [0.05, 13.44]1 study · 194 participantsVery low
Metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) vs Cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns
Crown failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing a single crown in the molar or premolar region · 60 months
It is very uncertain whether metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) changes crown failure compared with cast gold (conventional metal) single crowns (very low certainty).
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
OR 17.52 [5.07, 60.54]1 study · 158 participantsVery low

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations
2017 · Cochrane All outcomes
2017-05Not listedNot assessed
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