Question · asked by 1 review
Chemical cured composite vs Light-cured compomer (polyacid-modified composite resin): Decalcification
- Population
- Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances attached to their teeth
- Intervention
- Chemical cured composite
- Comparison
- Light-cured compomer (polyacid-modified composite resin)
- Outcome
- Decalcification
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Chemical cured composite vs Compomer (polyacid-modified resin composite) Decalcification · Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances attached to their teeth · To end of appliance treatment Adhesives for fixed orthodontic brackets (2018) · Cochrane All outcomes | However the paper reported that the compomer offered better protection against decalcification when compared by a sign test (P = 0.0075) (Millett 2000). No effect estimate or confidence interval was reported. | 1 study · 45 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adhesives for fixed orthodontic brackets 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2017-09 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.