Prefabricated zirconia crowns (e.g., NuSmile, Zirkiz, Kinder Krown) vs Other crowns/restorations (stainless steel crowns, pre-veneered SSC, resin composite strip crowns, glass-fiber composite crowns): Recurrent caries (crowns free of recurrent caries)
Recurrent caries did not differ between zirconia crowns and other restorations at 6 months (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.03; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Prefabricated zirconia crowns (e.g., NuSmile, Zirkiz, Kinder Krown) vs Other crowns/restorations (stainless steel crowns, pre-veneered SSC, resin composite strip crowns, glass-fiber composite crowns) Recurrent caries (crowns free of recurrent caries) · Children with primary (deciduous) teeth requiring full-coverage crown restoration · 6 months, Pediatric dental clinical settings Recurrent caries did not differ between zirconia crowns and other restorations at 6 months (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.03; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated). Zirconia Crowns for Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. (2022) All outcomes | RR 1.00 [0.97, 1.03] | 2 studies · 205 participants | GRADE not reported |
Prefabricated zirconia crowns (e.g., NuSmile, Zirkiz, Kinder Krown) vs Other crowns/restorations (stainless steel crowns, pre-veneered SSC, resin composite strip crowns, glass-fiber composite crowns) Recurrent caries (crowns free of recurrent caries) · Children with primary (deciduous) teeth requiring full-coverage crown restoration · 12 months, Pediatric dental clinical settings Recurrent caries did not differ between zirconia crowns and other restorations at 12 months (RR 1.03, 95% CI 0.96 to 1.10; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated). Zirconia Crowns for Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. (2022) All outcomes | RR 1.03 [0.96, 1.10] | 2 studies · 203 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zirconia Crowns for Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. 2022 All outcomes | Last search run 5 January 2022; no date or language restriction applied in the searches | 61 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Comparing zirconia to anterior strip crowns in primary anterior teeth in children: a randomized clinical trial. · 2020 · included by 1 of these review
- Donly et al. 2018 · included by 1 of these review
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