NCT02905838

Comparison of Two Implant Prosthetic Pathways

Comparison of the Esthetic and Clinical Performance of Implant Supported All Ceramic Crowns Using Two Different Ceramic Abutment Types

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To assess and compare the esthetic outcome and clinical performance of anterior maxillary all ceramic implant single crowns based either on prefabricated zirconia abutment veneered with pressed ceramics or on a CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) CARES® abutment veneered with hand build-up technique. Participants will be recruited from the patient population who has previously received dental implant treatment, received a provisional restoration and met the inclusion and exclusion criteria according to the study protocol. After final impression, patients will be randomised into Group A (prefabricated anatomic abutments ): one-piece screw retained single crown using a press technique (fluorapatite glass-ceramic, e.max ZirPress) with cut-back technique or Group B (CAD/CAM CARES® abutments): one- piece screw retained single crown with a hand build-up technique (fluorapatite veneering ceramic, e.max Ceram). One week after final restoration (base line visit) the primary and secondary outcome parameters will be assessed. The patients will be followed up to 5 years after final restoration.

Conditions

• Failure of Dental Prosthesis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Anatomic e.max Abutment	Implant-supported single crown was fabricated using a prefabricated stock abutment made of yttrium oxide partially stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline (Y-TZP) (Anatomic IPS e.max Abutment, straight, color M1, Ivoclar, Liechtenstein) and pressed ceramic (fluorapatite glass-ceramic, IPS e.max ZirPress, Ivoclar, Liechtenstein) using the cut-back technique and hand veneered with a thin layer of fluorapatite veneering ceramic (fluorapatite veneering ceramic, IPS e.max Ceram, Ivoclar, Liechtenstein).
DEVICE	CAD/CAM CARES Abutment	Implant-supported single crown was fabricated using an individualized CAD/CAM abutment made of Y-TZP (CARES® Abutment, Institut Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland) and hand build-up veneering ceramic technique (fluorapatite veneering ceramic, IPS e.max Ceram, Ivoclar, Liechtenstein). All implant-supported crowns were fabricated in the same dental laboratory by the same dental technician (Dominique Vinci, Geneva, Switzerland). The implants were placed by experienced oral surgeons in a prosthetic ideal position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-12-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2021-06-01
• First posted: 2016-09-19
• Last updated: 2023-05-15