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Resin-bonded bridges – the problem or the solution? part 1: assessment and design Jasneet Singh Gulati Sara Tabiat-Pour Sophie Watkins Avijit Banerjee Dental Update 2024 43:6, 707-709.
Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry, Hon Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's Hospital, KCL, King's Health Partners, London, UK
Resin-bonded bridges (RBBs) have an important role to play in the minimally invasive prosthodontic replacement of missing teeth. This treatment modality is perceived to have a high clinical failure rate by some practitioners, which may be associated with poorly planned and executed designs and adhesive techniques. This paper, the first part of a two-part series, discusses the important planning stages in the successful provision of RBBs, including assessment, appropriate abutment selection and design considerations. The second part of this series will focus on the clinical stages of RBB provision.
CPD/Clinical Relevance: This paper aims to provide the general dental practitioner with a guide to appropriate case selection and an overview of the planning stages involved for the provision of RBBs.
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Resin-bonded bridges (RBBs) have been used to replace teeth in short edentulous spans with increasing success since the 1970s.1 A systematic review by Pjetursson et al reported a survival rate of 87.7% at 5 years,2 deeming them an acceptable and minimally invasive (MI) method of restoring modest-sized spaces in the dental arch. It has often been considered that they are an under-utilized restoration modality in general dental practice due to a perceived high rate of clinical failure, which may be associated with incorrect design and execution.3
A recent prospective study of 771 adhesive bridges by King et al found that most failures of RBBs occurred within the first four years, and that very few failed thereafter, with an estimated survival rate of 80.4% at 10 years.4 In this single-centre study, because the point of failure was recorded as the first de-bond, the overall survival in clinical service may have been greater where bridges had been re-bonded successfully. An evidence-informed summary of key papers assessing RBBs has been given in Table 1.4,5,6,7,8,9
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