Chemically cured zinc phosphate cement vs Glass ionomer cement (GIC)
Band failure (band adhesive loosening) · Patients with full arch fixed orthodontic appliances with bands attached to molars (patients with cleft lip/palate or other craniofacial…
1 finding from 1 review
- Adhesives for fixed orthodontic bands 2016 · Cochrane All outcomesApproximately 12 months (to end of treatment)No meta-analysis (band failure not reported on a per-patient basis). Durning 1989 (69 participants): at ~12 months failure rate 34.78% (zinc phosphate) vs 26% (glass ionomer), P > 0.05; mean survival time 470.9 vs…4 studiesGRADE not reported