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Minimal Invasive Rehabilitation of Tooth Loss in the Posterior Segment (MIZE-S)

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Unsatisfactory or Defective Restoration of Tooth
Interventions
Device: all-ceramic inlay-retained RBFDP
Device: all-ceramic RBFDP
Registration Number
NCT01997710
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital Heidelberg
Brief Summary

Tooth loss can be addressed by different rehabilitative strategies. Implant-supported crowns and conventional bridges (fixed dental prostheses \[FDPs\]) are well established treatment alternatives. Implant therapy is sometimes impossible, however, because of patient-related risk factors or economic issues. In such cases therapy with an FDP requires extensive removal of tooth structure to provide enough space for the restoration and to ensure mechanical retention if the abutment teeth are sound. Alternatives for rehabilitation requiring minor or no preparation of the anchoring teeth are desirable. Resin-bonded bridges meet this demand for minimal invasiveness and have been used clinically successfully. Sometimes, however, patients choose a conventional FDP over a resin-bonded one (RBFDP) for esthetic reasons since the adhesive wings, which are traditionally made of a cobalt-chromium alloy, might be exposed while speaking or smiling or account for a colour change of the abutment teeth. Such patients profit from an all-ceramic RBFDP. Today, the clinical performance of different all-ceramic RBFDP designs has not yet been evaluated under randomized controlled conditions. The aim of this pilot study is to calculate the sample size that allows us to accept the hypothesis that the two designs tested are similar regarding their clinical performance with adequate statistical power.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • missing second premolar, or first molar, or second molar
  • regular patient of the department of prosthodontics of the university hospital of heidelberg
  • willingness to return for recall examinations on a regular basis
  • written informed consent
  • abutment teeth are vital or sufficiently endodontically treated
  • abutment teeth are periodontally stable
  • abutment teeth have only little or no defects of the hardsubstances
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • medically compromised condition not allowing for standard dental treatment
  • Patient is not able to give written informed consent
  • alcohol or drug abuse
  • positive bruxism and parafunctions questionaire
  • Bite-Strip > 2
  • Attrition Score > 3
  • deep bite (Angle class II/2)
  • abutment tooth height < 4mm
  • missing canine or first premolar
  • gap size > 18 mm
  • untreated symptomatic periodontal or endodontic lesions
  • abutment tooth mobility > grade I
  • known allergies to materials used in this study
  • poor dental hygiene
  • planned change of residency

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
all-ceramic inlay-retained RBFDPall-ceramic inlay-retained RBFDPTreatment with an all-ceramic inlay-retained RBFDP
all-ceramic RBFDPall-ceramic RBFDPTreatment with an all-ceramic RBFDP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Success24 months

restoration/abutment teeth without intervention according to the Fédération dentaire internationale (FDI) World dental federation criteria

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
restoration and antagonist wear12 months, 24 months, 36 months

wear (µm) of areas of interest at restoration and antagonists

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Prosthodontics, University Hospital Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg

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Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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