Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40220250›Full record

ArticleOdontology2025

In vitro comparison of marginal fit between CAD/CAM hybrid ceramic crowns and prefabricated zirconia crowns for primary molars.

Nehal Raid Salman, Nagwa Mohammad Ali Khattab, Yasser Gomaa, Ahmad Abdel Hamid Elheeny

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Odontology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nehal Raid SalmanPediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt. nehal.raid@pua.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1524-7195
Nagwa Mohammad Ali KhattabPediatric and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Yasser GomaaDental Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University, Minya, Egypt.
Ahmad Abdel Hamid ElheenyPediatric and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University, Minya, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the marginal fit of the hybrid ceramic Vita Enamic (VE) crown fabricated with CAD/CAM versus prefabricated zirconia crown (PZC). An in vitro study was conducted on fifty epoxy resin replicas of 25 standardly prepared mandibular second primary molars (2 replicas for each tooth) were obtained. One tooth was restored with CAD/CAM VE (Zahnfabrik, H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG) after an optical impression acquired using CEREC Omnicam and the other tooth restored with PZC (NuSmile, Houston, TX, USA). Specimens were sectioned buccolingually and mesiodistally. The marginal fit average was measured using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The difference was tested for statistical significance using an independent t test at a 5% significance level and 95% CI. CAD/CAM VE crowns showed superior marginal adaptation over the PZCs with a significant difference. The mean difference at the buccolingual section was -10.52 µm with a 95% CI of -20.99; -0.05 (P = 0.049). At the mesiodistal section, the mean difference was -10.56 µm with a 95% CI of -20.82; -0.30 (P = 0.044).VE provides a superior marginal fit over the PZC in the restoration of primary molars.

Indexed as

CeramicsComputer-Aided DesignCrownsDental Marginal AdaptationDental Prosthesis DesignMolarTooth, DeciduousZirconiumHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningVITA EnamicZirconiumzirconium oxideAestheticChildVita Enamic crown

Identifiers

PMID40220250
PMCPMC12450809

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.