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No clear treatment approaches for the survival of cracked teeth.
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Opdam NJM, Roeters JJM et al. J Endod 2008; 34: 808–811
The aim of this practice-based study, carried out by one operator, was to determine the outcome of restoring cracked teeth with either a directly-placed bonded resin composite restoration with or without cuspal coverage. Some of the data was obtained by telephone interview. Forty-one patients who had teeth with cracked cusps were randomly assigned to one of two groups. At the end of the 7-year observation period, regardless of restoration, a quarter of teeth still demonstrated increased sensitivity. Survival analysis showed that none of the cuspal coverage restorations had failed although those without cuspal coverage had an annual failure rate of 6% (P = 0.008 in body of the text, 0.009 in the abstract). However, when looking at tooth survival and pulp vitality, there was no difference between the different treatment approaches.
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Seven-year clinical evaluation of painful cracked teeth restored with a direct composite restoration. Br Dent J 205, 597 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1039