Plaque · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis
Metal-free cantilevered FDPs (feldspathic-veneered zirconia) showed no clear difference in plaque index (PI) compared with metal-ceramic cantilevered FDPs; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Cantilevered bridge failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis
1 finding from 1 review
Gingival index (GI) · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis
Metal-free cantilevered FDPs (feldspathic-veneered zirconia) showed no clear difference in gingival index (GI) compared with metal-ceramic cantilevered FDPs; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Aesthetics · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit tooth-supported fixed dental prosthesis
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal/peri-implant status (secondary outcomes) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit tooth-supported fixed dental prosthesis
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal/peri-implant status (secondary outcomes) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Cantilevered bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis
It is very uncertain whether metal-free cantilevered FDPs (feldspathic-veneered zirconia) changes cantilevered bridge complications compared with metal-ceramic cantilevered FDPs (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
It is very uncertain whether metal-free FDPs (lithium disilicate) changes bridge complications compared with metal-ceramic FDPs (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Bridge failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing an implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis in the posterior region
1 finding from 1 review
No FDP failures were reported in either group at 12, 36, 60 or 120 months (18 participants; 17 at 120 months).
1 study · 18 participants
Very low
Aesthetics · Adults (18 years or older) needing an implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis in the posterior region
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Bridge failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit tooth-supported fixed dental prosthesis
1 finding from 1 review
Bridge failure · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
It is very uncertain whether metal-free FDPs (lithium disilicate) changes bridge failure compared with metal-ceramic FDPs (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
It is very uncertain whether metal-free FDPs (zirconia ceramic) changes bridge complications compared with metal-ceramic FDPs (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal/peri-implant status and occlusal wear (secondary outcomes) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction (measured by patient satisfaction or aesthetic scales) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP)
It is very uncertain whether metal-free FDPs (zirconia ceramic) changes aesthetic evaluation (patient aesthetic satisfaction changes) compared with metal-ceramic FDPs (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit tooth-supported fixed dental prosthesis
It is very uncertain whether metal-free tooth-supported FDPs (pressed veneering ceramic) changes bridge complications compared with metal-free tooth-supported FDPs (layered veneering ceramic) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Aesthetics evaluated by the patient · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis
It is very uncertain whether metal-free cantilevered FDPs (feldspathic-veneered zirconia) changes aesthetic evaluation (patient VAS) compared with metal-ceramic cantilevered FDPs (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in abutment tooth mobility at 60 months · Partially edentulous patients treated with a removable dental prosthesis (RDP)
RDP with I-bar clasps / mesial rests showed no clear difference in change in abutment tooth mobility at 60 months compared with RDP with circumferential clasps / distal rests; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Keratinised mucosa height change · Patients with implant-supported prostheses and <=1 mm keratinised mucosa
Xenogeneic collagen matrix (porcine; Mucograft) showed no clear difference in keratinised mucosa height change compared with connective tissue autograft (palate); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Recession (aesthetics) · Patients with implant-supported prostheses and <=1 mm keratinised mucosa
Xenogeneic collagen matrix (porcine; Mucograft) showed no clear difference in recession (aesthetics) compared with connective tissue autograft (palate); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review