Question · asked by 1 review

Altered-cast technique RDP vs One-piece cast RDP: Patients with increased abutment tooth mobility

Population
Partially edentulous patients treated with a distal-extension RDP
Intervention
Altered-cast technique RDP
Comparison
One-piece cast RDP
Outcome
Patients with increased abutment tooth mobility

Altered-cast technique RDP showed no clear difference in patients with increased abutment tooth mobility compared with one-piece cast RDP; GRADE not reported.

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Altered-cast technique RDP vs One-piece cast RDP
Patients with increased abutment tooth mobility · Partially edentulous patients treated with a distal-extension RDP
Altered-cast technique RDP showed no clear difference in patients with increased abutment tooth mobility compared with one-piece cast RDP; GRADE not reported.
Interventions for replacing missing teeth: partially absent dentition (2012) · Cochrane All outcomes
RR 1.81 [0.91, 3.58]1 study · 57 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for replacing missing teeth: partially absent dentition
2012 · Cochrane All outcomes
2011-03Not listedNot assessed
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