Zirconia crowns provide acceptable level of success and longevity: study
Zirconia crowns provide an acceptable level of success and longevity, as per a new study published in the International Journal of Dentistry.
Dental treatment under general anaesthesia is often the only means to manage very young children with extensive dental caries. It has been estimated that up to 80% of children who are treated under general anaesthesia are below 4 years of age.
This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the success of zirconia crowns placed in the anterior teeth of children and evaluate the impact of pulp therapy of the tooth on the rate of failure.
A total of 70 anterior teeth of 20 children aged between 3 and 5 years who had undergone the placement of zirconia crowns under general anesthesia were followed up for 24 months. Kaplan–Meier Survival curves were plotted for the estimation of two-year survival time. The outcomes for teeth that had received pulp therapy were compared to those that had not received pulp therapy.
The Results of the study are as follows:
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