Restor Dent Endod.  2017 Aug;42(3):157-167. 10.5395/rde.2017.42.3.157.

Survival rates against fracture of endodontically treated posterior teeth restored with full-coverage crowns or resin composite restorations: a systematic review

• Suksaphar
• Banomyong
• Jirathanyanatt T
• Ngoenwiwatkul Y

• KMID: 2386769
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5395/rde.2017.42.3.157

Abstract

This systematic review aims to summarize the current clinical studies that investigated survival rates against fracture of endodontically treated posterior teeth restored with crowns or resin composite restorations. Literature search were performed using keywords. Publications from 1980 to 2016 were searched in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, MEDLINE, and SCOPUS. Included studies were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Three clinical studies were included: 1 randomized controlled trial and 1 prospective and 1 retrospective cohort studies. Pooled survival rates ranged from 94%-100% and 91.9%-100% for crowns and resin composite, respectively. The majority of teeth had no more than 3 surface loss of tooth structure. The studies included were heterogeneous, and were not appropriate for further meta-analysis. Current evidence suggested that the survival rates against the fracture of endodontically treated posterior teeth restored with crowns or resin composites were not significantly different in the teeth with minimum to moderate loss of tooth structure.

Keyword

Composite resins; Crown, dental; Survival rate; Tooth, non-vital; Tooth fractures

MeSH Terms

Cohort Studies
Composite Resins
Crowns*
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate*
Tooth Fractures
Tooth*
Composite Resins

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  Figure 1 The combination strategies for literature search.

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  Figure 2 Overview of literature search and study selection for systematic review.

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