Outcomes of treatment and monitoring of posterior teeth with cracks: three-year results from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.
Jack L FerracaneThomas J HiltonEllen FunkhouserValeria V GordanGregg H GilbertRahma MungiaVanessa BurtonCyril MeyerowitzDorota T Kopycka-KedzierawskiNational Dental Pbrn Collaborative GroupPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2021)
In this large 3-year practice-based study conducted across the USA, the survival rate of posterior teeth with a visible crack exceeded 85%. Clinical relevance Dentists can effectively evaluate patient-, tooth-, and crack-level characteristics to determine which teeth with cracks warrant treatment and which only warrant monitoring.