Aim: Recording the maxillomandibular relationship is important in various prosthodontic treatments.Evidence of face-bow transfer resulting in improved outcome is conflicting.Hence the objective of this study is to determine the use of face-bow transfer in prosthodontics.
Settings and Design: Systematic review based on PRISMA guidelines.Materials evening-dresses and Methods: A protocol was developed prior, which covered all aspects of the review.The databases explored were MEDLINE database, ScienceDirect, and Cochrane collaboration library.
The PICO model included participants who received a complete denture/partial denture prosthesis.Intervention was the use of the face-bow device.Comparator was prosthesis made with a simple procedure of not using a face-bow device for prosthodontic rehabilitation.
Outcomes were patient satisfaction with dentures, the stability of the dentures, esthetics, and time taken for clinical and laboratory procedures.Only randomized clinical Fan Shop - NHL - Hats trials were included in this study.The methodological quality of the studies was assessed according to the Cochrane risk of bias tool.
Statistical Analysis Used: Qualitative analysis.Results: A total of 144 articles were identified.On excluding 4 duplicates and screening the title and abstracts of the rest of the records based on exclusion criteria only 15 studies were selected for review.
Conclusions: The use of the face-bow did not yield superior results for the quality of the prosthesis.Therefore, there is no evidence for the utility of face-bow transfer in complete denture treatment.However, no inference could be drawn for its utility in partial denture prosthodontics as there was no study to draw an inference.