TetricCAD Crown Clinical Study

Clinical Evaluation of Chairside CAD/CAM Resilient Ceramic Crowns

This investigation will be a clinical trial to study the performance of a new resin-based ceramic material for crowns. The material has been approved by the FDA for patient treatment. A computer technique will be used to fabricate the crowns in a single appointment without the need for a temporary crown or second appointment. The purpose of the study is to measure how well the high strength crowns function over an extended period of time.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fractured Tooth; Decayed Tooth; Unsatisfactory Restoration of Tooth
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Tetric CAD

Detailed Description

The study will be composed of 50 crowns placed in adult patients that have been identified as requiring at least one crown on a posterior tooth. A maximum of two crowns per patient will be completed. All the crowns will be made from the same resilient ceramic CAD/CAM block(Tetric CAD/Ivoclar Vivadent). The crowns are placed using an adhesive bonding process including a total etch process with a universal adhesive (Adhese by Ivoclar Vivadent) and dual-cured resin cement (Variolink Esthetic by Ivoclar Vivadent). The crowns are planned to be evaluated at 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, and if funding permits, 4 years, and 5 years. At each appointment, an examination of the crown will be completed as well as clinical photographs, an intraoral digital scan, and impression of the crown.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Michigan
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
      • University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• must have at least one carious lesion or defective restoration or fractured tooth in a molar or premolar
• reason for restoration should extend more than one-half the intercuspal width of the tooth requiring a full crown restoration
• Teeth to be vital and asymptomatic prior to treatment
• No more than two restorations will be placed per patient. If a patient presents with more than two acceptable teeth for the study, molar teeth will be included prior to premolar teeth.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Devital or sensitive teeth
• Teeth with prior endodontic treatment of any kind
• Teeth with a history of direct or indirect pulp capping procedures
• Patients with significant untreated dental disease to include periodontitis and rampant caries
• Pregnant or lactating women
• Patients with a history of allergies to any of the materials to be used in the study
• Patients unable to return for the recall appointments

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Tetric CAD Crown; Tetri CAD crowns will hand polished and cemented with a dual cured resin cement (Variolink Esthetic by Ivoclar Vivadent).	Device: Tetric CAD; Resilient ceramic crowns (Tetric CAD by Ivoclar Vivadent) are placed using an adhesive bonding process including a total etch process with a universal adhesive (Adhese by Ivoclar Vivadent) and dual cured resin cement (Variolink Esthetic by Ivoclar Vivadent).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Crown Failure	Crown failure includes fracture of the crown or loss of the crown requiring placement of a new crown at any time between delivery and five years.	from delivery of the crown up to 5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Crown Loss of Retention	Loss of retention is measured as detachment of the crown from the tooth without fracture of the crown requiring recementation of the crown.	from delivery of the crown up to 5 years
Tooth Sensitivity	Tooth Sensitivity is evaluated as either "0" if the subject reports that there is NO sensitivity for the tooth with the study crown, or "1" if the subject reports that there IS tooth sensitivity to hot/cold or biting pressure. The better outcome is to have NO tooth sensitivity. The number of teeth with tooth sensitivity are listed below.	from delivery of the crown up to 5 years
Margin Staining	Margin Staining is evaluated as either "0" if there is NO staining at the crown margin where it meets the tooth, or "1" if there IS staining at the crown margin where it meets the tooth. The better outcome is to have NO margin staining. The number of teeth with margin staining are listed below.	from delivery of the crown up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Michigan
• Collaborators: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Dennis Fasbinder, DDS, University of Michigan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 18, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): June 18, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 21, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 21, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: CAD/CAM; Ceramic; Crown
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Tooth Diseases; Tooth Injuries; Tooth Fractures
• Other Study ID Numbers: HUM00145596

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No