title: Complication and survival of Mark II restorations: 4-year clinical follow-up.
abstract: A total of 163 monolithic restorations made from Vitablocs Mark II and luted adhesively or with resin cement were followed up for 3 to 70 months. Recall consisted of an evaluation of complete dental and hygiene status as well as quality assessment. Seven of 35 patients were lost to follow-up. Ninety-one percent of the 37 crowns, 23 partial crowns, and 89 inlays evaluated were in the posterior region. Combined survival estimate was 0.92 at the 48-month median observation time. Inlays and partial crowns performed well. Prevalence of complication and failure was highest for crowns (CP = 37.8%, FP = 21.6%). The results demonstrate that success relates to patient factors and restoration type, not luting protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Center of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tubingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klink
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huettig
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns / Q000009:adverse effects; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007284:Inlays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain