ORAL HEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROGRAM
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| Title |
Comparison Studies Between a CAD/CAM Complete Denture And a Conventional Complete Denture |
| Clinical Question |
In a healthy adult in need of a complete denture, will a CAD/CAM complete denture be more beneficial and accurate compared to a conventional complete denture? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
Even though present studies indicate that it is possible to fabricate a CAD/CAM complete denture, as of February 2013, there is no study comparing a CAD/CAM complete denture to a conventional complete denture. |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 21282882 | Kanazawa/2011 | na | Demonstration study | | Key results | Complete denture can be fabricated using CAD/CAM system. | |
| Evidence Search |
("Computer-Aided Design"[Mesh]) AND "Denture, Complete"[Mesh] |
Comments on
The Evidence |
There are no comparison studies between a CAD/CAM and a conventional complete denture. |
| Applicability |
This is applicable to general dentists or prosthodontics considering the fabrication of complete dentures originally using somewhat complicated conventional methods. As mentioned above, there has been no study comparing a CAD/CAM complete denture to a conventional complete denture. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(General Dentistry) (Prosthodontics) |
| Keywords |
Complete denture, CAD/CAM, Fabricating accuracy
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| ID# |
2446 |
| Date of submission: |
03/01/2013 |
| E-mail |
parkj8@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Jieun Park |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
Ridley Ross, DDS |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
rossr@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
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