The study was planned to evaluate and compare the clinical success of prefabricated stainless steel crowns and zirconia crowns used in the primary molars. The study will be carried out in healthy children aged 6-9 years with caries on more than one surface of the primary molars.
In this study, zirconia crowns will be compared with prefabricated stainless steel crowns in a randomized controlled manner. The study will be conducted in split-mouth to eliminate the effect of potential confounders. The obtained data will be analyzed using appropriate statistical methods.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Zirconia crown application: After preparing the molars, the crown was cemented by passive seating with modified glass ionomer cement (GC FujiCEM Evolve, GC America, Alsip, USA).
Stainless steel crown application: After preparing the molars, the crown was filled with type-1 glass ionomer cement (Aqua Meron, Voco, Cuxhaven, Germany) and cemented.
Comparison of clinical success
According to the criteria reported by Santamaria et al. (2004), clinical success will be categorized as successful, major failure, and minor failure. Successful: * No clinical signs or symptoms of pulp pathology * Tooth has exfoliated (without any minor/major failures) * No deformations in the crown/restoration * No pathology observed in radiographs Minor failure: * Reversible pulpitis (No need for root canal treatment or extraction) * Crown/restoration loss that can be restored * Presence of deformations/fractures/perforations in the crown/restoration * Permanent crown remaining submerged * Presence of new caries at the margins Major failure: * Irreversible pulpitis * Crown/restoration loss that cannot be restored * Inter-radicular radiolucency * Internal root resorption
Time frame: 24 month
Parental satisfaction
To assess parental satisfaction regarding the applied restorations, scoring of crowns' appearance, color, shape, size, and general appearance will be requested using a Likert-type scale (Suguna \& Gurunathan, 2021). Score 5 indicates the highest level of satisfaction, while score 1 represents the lowest level of satisfaction. 1. Not at all satisfied 2. Not satisfied 3. Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (Neutral) 4. Satisfied 5. Very satisfied
Time frame: 24 month
Ecem Akbeyaz Şivet, DDS
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