title: Clinical performance of resin-bonded bridges: a 5-year prospective study. I. Design of the study and influence of experimental variables.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occlusal Reconstruction, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Creugers
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Snoek
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van't Hof
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Käyser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003738:Dental Cements; D003781:Denture Retention; D003829:Denture, Partial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003738:Dental Cements