title: Clinical follow-up study of ceramic veneered titanium restorations--three-year results.
abstract: Eighty-four titanium restorations having 125 ceramic veneers were placed for 32 patients. One hundred sixteen (93%) of the veneers could be reexamined after 21 to 41 months. Two of the restorations required removal because of a partial veneer loss. A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed, giving a survival probability of .85 for single crowns and .59 for fixed partial dentures after a time interval of 30 months, regarding the veneer cracking or chipping. There was a significantly higher survival probability for single crowns than for fixed partial dentures (P=.001, logrank test). It was concluded that ceramic veneered titanium restorations should be limited to single crowns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pröbster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003442:Crowns; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003801:Dental Veneers; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013499:Surface Properties; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D014025:Titanium