Comparative Evaluation Of Retention Of Stainless Steel Crowns And Figaro crowns in Primary Teeth-A Randomised Control Trial

Abstract

Aim:The purpose of this study was to compare the retention rates of two different pre-formedcrowns-StainlesssteelandFigaroforrestoringprimarymolars.
Materials and method: 20 children with 2 contra-lateral primary molars in the same arch requiringcrownswereselectedandrestoredwithSSCandFigarocrowns.Theretentionofthecrownswere evaluated at 3,6,9 and 12 months follow-up. Descriptive statistics and chi square test wereused for statistical analysis.
Results: 100% of the SSC were intact till 12 months follow up and none of the SSC showedchipping,largelossorcrownloss.InFigarocrowns25%and40%ofthecrownsdidnotreporttobe intact at 9 and 12 months follow up respectively and 5 crowns showed chipping at 9 and 12months.Howeverstatisticalsignificancewasnotnoted.
Conclusion:FigarocrownshaveanacceptableretentionrateasthatofSSCsandcanbeconsidered asanalternativetoaestheticpreformedcrowns.