An evidence based approach for the provision of resin-bonded bridgework.
Resin bonded bridgework (RBB) is a technique often overlooked by practitioners despite a large amount of evidence supporting the technique. In Cork University Dental School an evidence-based, standardised approach for the delivery of RBB by undergraduate students has been developed over the past 10 years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of this standardised approach on the delivery of RBB by students. 222 bridges were reviewed which had been delivered over a 6 year time period between 2002 and 2007. A success rate of 84.1% was achieved with a mean survival time of 41 months. This study illustrates that predictable and highly successful RBB can be delivered by inexperienced clinicians using an evidence-based, standardised approach.
Cork University Dental School and Hospital, University College Cork, Ireland.
Eamon
E
Howard-Bowles
Gerald
G
McKenna
Finbarr
F
Allen
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003779:Denture Design; D016379:Denture, Partial, Fixed, Resin-Bonded / Q000592:standards*; D004497:Education, Dental; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013335:Students, Dental; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult