Tooth wear against ceramic crowns in posterior region: a systematic literature review

Abstract

More research is needed to assess whether all-ceramic crowns accelerate the rate of tooth wear in molars and premolars, conclude two dentists in Germany who systematically reviewed the dental literature. Rim Hmaidouch and Paul Weigl from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, searched for published studies that investigated whether a causal relationship exists between the insertions of ceramic crowns and increased wear in the posterior dental region. They found only five studies that examined the issue, including three that evaluated tooth wear in the exact same patient population. From the three independent pools of study subjects, the authors determined that some ceramic materials are wear-friendly. However, the published studies suffered from many design flaws, so they believe that additional, more rigorous clinical trials are still warranted.

Keywords

all-ceramic / crowns / tooth wear

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