Metal-free single crowns (full-contour zirconia) vs Composite strip crown
Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children (aged 3-5.5 years) with early childhood caries in anterior primary teeth (>=2 carious surfaces), no pulp therapy
Zirconia crowns failed less than composite strip crowns (3.3% vs 15% annual failure) in one RCT; low quality of evidence (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
- Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious primary teeth without pulp therapy: a… 2022 All outcomes12 months (Alaki 2020) · University (Saudi Arabia)Annual failure rate (%) zirconia crown 3.3%; composite strip crown 15.0%1 study · 32 participantsGRADE not reported