title: [Long-term clinical results of VITA In-Ceram Classic: a systematic review].
abstract: VITA In-Ceram Classic is a system to fabricate all-ceramic crowns and fixed partial dentures (FPDs) with a glass-infiltrated aluminium oxide core material. This systematic review gives an overview of the clinical performance of the In-Ceram Classic types Alumina, Spinell and Zirconia. Based on a systematic literature research, an evidence-based selection and assessment of clinical studies of In-Ceram Classic ceramics was carried out. A total of 294 publications were found, 21 of which conformed to the inclusion criteria. Only few meaningful studies of In-Ceram Alumina FPDs and In-Ceram Zirconia crowns and FPDs were found. The Five-year survival rate of In-Ceram Alumina crowns and In-Ceram Spinell crowns ranging from 91.7% to 100% is similar to the survival rate of conventional metal-ceramic crowns. The Five-year survival rate of single-retainer In-Ceram Alumina resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (RBFPDs) was 92.3%, and thus higher than that of two-retainer RBFPDs. In-Ceram Classic Alumina can be recommended for anterior and posterior crowns as well as for anterior single-retainer RBFPDs. In-Ceram Classic Spinell can be recommended for anterior crowns. Further studies have to be initiated in order to evaluate in detail the clinical performance of VITA In-Ceram Classic.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Abteilung für Zahnärztliche Prothetik. kaisermi@gmx.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: Jörg Rudolf
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Strub
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008277:Magnesium Oxide; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: C483026:In-Ceram Alumina; C485633:In-Ceram Zirconia; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; C111130:spinell; D003776:Dental Porcelain; C070870:In-Ceram; D008277:Magnesium Oxide; D000537:Aluminum Oxide