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. 2021 Feb 28;57:33–38. doi: 10.1016/j.jdsr.2020.12.002

Table 2.

List of quantitative FDP/RBFDP data.

Annual
5-year (calculated)
10-year (calculated)
15-year (calculated)
Author(s) Year Number of FDPs/RBFDPs Success rate, %, (observation period) Survival rate, %, (observation period) Success rate, % Survival rate, % Success rate, % Survival rate, % Success rate, % Survival rate, % Success rate, % Survival rate, % Note
I. Three-unit FDPs (full-coverage)
Näpänkangas et al. [14] 2002 195 84.0 (10 y) 1.16 (94.2) 84 Mainly 3-unit
Walton [15] 2002 515 85.0 (15 y) 1.00 96.0 87.0 85.0 Mainly 3-unit
De Backer et al. [16] 2006 134 73.1 (20 y) 1.35 (79.8)
De Backer et al. [17] 2007 67 83.2 (20 y) 0.84 94.9 90.2 83.2 Vital tooth
67 60.5 (20 y) 1.98 95.2 84.9 76.1 Non-vital tooth
Zhang & Sun [18] 2009 36 100 (7 y) 0 100
Makarouna et al. [19] 2011 19 68.4 (6 y) 94.7 (6 y) 5.27 0.88 (73.7) (95.6)
Hey et al. [20] 2013 31 78.6 (6 y) 88.0 (6 y) 6.9 2.0 (65.5) (90.0) Mainly 3-unit
Burke et al. [21] 2013 14 85.7 (5 y) 92.9 (5 y) 2.86 1.42 85.7 92.9 Anterior
24 79.2 (5 y) 100 (5 y) 4.16 0 79.2 100 Posterior
Yoshida et al. [22] 2019 129 59.2 (15 y) 61.6 (15 y) 2.72 2.56 90.6 90.6 77.7 78.9 59.2 61.6



II.Full-coverage cantilever FDPs
Hochman et al. [23] 1987 29 100 (10 y) 0 100 3–9 unit, 1 pontic
Palmqvist & Swartz [24] 1993 34 50 (18 y) 64.7 (18 y) 2.78 1.96 (58.3) (70.6) 2 or 3 unit, 1 pontic
Leempoel et al. [25] 1995 235 85.8 (12 y) 1.18 96.5 89.8 2–5 unit, 1 pontic
Decock et al. [26] 1996 137 60 (18 y) 2.22 75 65 60
Sundh & Odman [27] 1997 31 67.7 (18 y) 1.74 (82.6) (73.9) 1 or 2 pontics
Hämmerle et al. [28] 2000 115 70 (10 y) 84 (10 y) 3.00 1.6 85 92 70 84 Mainly 3-unit
De Backer et al. [17] 2007 137 73.5 (16 y) 1.66 (75.1) Vital tooth
52.3 (18 y) 2.65 (60.3) Non-vital tooth
Rehmann et al. [29] 2015 71 84.5 (8 y) 1.94 93 (80.6) 3–7 unit, 1 pontic
III.Two-retainer RBFDPs (three-unit)
Rijk WG et al. [30] 1996 164 71 (10.3 y) 2.82 (71.8)
Corrente et al. [31] 2000 69 70.6 (10 y) 2.94 70.6
Zalkind et al. [32] 2003 51 48 (5 y) 67 (5 y) 6.60 48 67 39 58
Ketabi et al. [33] 2004 74 83.0 (7.8 y) 10.4 2.18 89.1
Boening & Ullmann [34] 2012 56 84.0 (6.3 y) 2.54 87.3
Younes et al. [35] 2013 42 45.0 (20 y) 66.0 (20 y) 2.75 1.70 75.0 95.0 58.0 88.0
Tanoue [36] 2016 195 37.4 (20 y) 3.03 82.6 66.7 57.4 Combination FDPs were excluded
Botelho et al. [37] 2016 10 10 (20 y) 50 (20 y) 4.50 2.50 70 100 40 90 20 70
Yoshida et al. [22] 2019 129 53.4 (15 y) 66.5 (15 y) 3.11 2.23 83.8 89.3 70.4 78.6 53.4 66.5



IV. Cantilever RBFDPs (two-unit, one-retainer)
Djemal et al. [38] 1999 171 74? (6 y) 4.33 (78.4) Pontic tooth: mainly maxillary incisor
Botelho et al. [39] 2006 269 94.8 (5 y) 96.3 (5 y) 1.04 0.74 94.8 96.3 Pontic tooth: 130 incisors, 29 canines, 91 premolars, and 19 molars
Lam et al. [40] 2013 39 64.1 (7.4 y) 4.85 (75.8) Pontic tooth: 15 incisors, 2 canines, 13 premolars, and 9 molars
Saker et al. [41] 2014 20 100 (5 y) 100 (5 y) 0 0 100 100 Pontic tooth: maxillary incisor
Botelho et al. [42] 2014 211 84.4 (15 y) 90.0 (9.4 y) 1.07 1.06 97 91 (89.4) 84.4 Pontic tooth: 93 incisors, 18 canines, 83 premolars, and 17 molars
Botelho et al. [37] 2016 13 100 (18 y) 100 (18 y) 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 Pontic tooth: only maxillary incisor

FDPs, fixed dental prostheses; RBFDPs, resin-bonded FDPs.