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Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic) vs Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns: Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC)

Population
Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown
Intervention
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic)
Comparison
Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns
Outcome
Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC)

Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with… showed no clear difference in marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) compared with metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns; GRADE not reported.

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic) vs Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns
Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown · 24 months, Mesial to crown
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with… showed no clear difference in marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) compared with metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns; GRADE not reported.
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD -0.01 [-0.93, 0.91]1 study · 18 participantsGRADE not reported
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic) vs Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns
Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown · 12 months, Mesial to crown
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with… showed no clear difference in marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) compared with metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns; GRADE not reported.
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD -0.03 [-0.42, 0.36]1 study · 18 participantsGRADE not reported
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic) vs Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns
Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown · 24 months, Distal to crown
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with… showed no clear difference in marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) compared with metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns; GRADE not reported.
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD -0.18 [-0.89, 0.53]1 study · 18 participantsGRADE not reported
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with feldspathic ceramic) vs Metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns
Marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown · 12 months, Distal to crown
Metal-free implant-supported single crowns (zirconia veneered with… showed no clear difference in marginal bone level (first bone to implant contact, FBIC) compared with metal-ceramic implant-supported single crowns; GRADE not reported.
Metal‐free materials for fixed prosthodontic restorations (2017) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD 0.09 [-0.28, 0.46]1 study · 18 participantsGRADE not reported

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
How reviews are matched to this question

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