European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

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Cover Date:
December 2014
Print ISSN:
0965-7452
Vol:
22
Issue:
4

The Ability of Dental Specialists to Distinguish Lateral Incisor Metal-Free From Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Implant Supported Crowns

doi:10.1922/EJPRD_1357Ferreira06

The Ability of Dental Specialists to Distinguish Lateral Incisor Metal-Free From Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Implant Supported Crowns
Eduardo V. de Melo, Ana Elisa C. Kauling, Sérgio Fernando T. Freitas, Antônio C. Cardoso and Cimara Fortes Ferreira
Abstract - The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of dental specialists to distinguish lateral incisor metal-free from porcelain-fused-to-metal implant supported crowns in the anterior region. Five single-tooth implants in the maxillary lateral incisor region were restored with two types of implant-supported crowns (porcelain-fusedto-metal and metal-free). Photographs were presented to 20 evaluators. The evaluators had to answer whether the crown was: metal-free, porcelain-fused-to-metal or they could not tell the difference. The results showed that groups 1 (all participants), 3 (Restorative & Prosthodontic specialists), 4 (graduated ≤ 10 years) and 5 (graduated > 10 years) failed to respond correctly (P > 0.05) to which type of crown was presented to them. Group 2 (Periodontology & Implantology specialists) showed an accuracy rate of 35.6% (P = 0.009), in relation to metal-free crowns,5.6 which is below the random index. The authors concluded that the evaluators from the 5 groups studied were unable to significantly distinguish which type of crown was used in the 10 presented situations.
KEY WORDS: dental implants, perception, crown, blinded clinical trial.

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Authors
Eduardo V. de Melo, Ana Elisa C. Kauling, Sérgio Fernando T. Freitas, Antônio C. Cardoso, Cimara Fortes Ferreira

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