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Clinical performance of resin‐bonded bridges: a 5‐year prospective study. I. Design of the study and influence of experimental variables
Author(s) -
CREUGERS N. H. J.,
SNOEK P. A.,
VAN'T HOF M. A.,
KÄYSER A.F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1989.tb01361.x
Subject(s) - dentistry , psychology , medicine
Summary A total of 203 resin‐bonded bridges were inserted under controlled clinical conditions and evaluated over a period of 5 years. The study included two experiments to test the influences of retainer type, cementation material and operator on the success rate of resin‐bonded bridges. The overall survival at 5 years was 75%. Micromechanical retainers were better than macromechanical retainers. For inserting micromechanical retainers, the cementation materials Clearfil F and Panavia Ex were better than Conclude. An operator effect was not found in this study.