Nhj. Creugers et al., A METAANALYSIS OF DURABILITY DATA ON CONVENTIONAL FIXED BRIDGES, Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 22(6), 1994, pp. 448-452
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48
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
A meta-analysis was performed on the dental literature since 1970, pre
senting clinical data of conventional bridges. 42 publications were fo
und that contained durability data of conventional fixed bridges. Thes
e publications dealt with 33 different samples. According to the exclu
sion criteria 26 studies were excluded for the meta-analysis. The data
of 4118 conventional bridges were analyzed. The calculated overall su
rvival rate was 74.0+/-2.1% after 15 yr.