Coating material (bonding material or sealant) WITH fluoride release vs Coating material WITHOUT fluoride release: White spot lesions assessed by laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdent)
- Population
- Patients of any age (11-40 years) receiving comprehensive/fixed orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances
- Intervention
- Coating material (bonding material or sealant) WITH fluoride release
- Comparison
- Coating material WITHOUT fluoride release
- Outcome
- White spot lesions assessed by laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdent)
White spot lesions were also measured by laser fluorescence in 3 fluoride-vs-non-fluoride studies, but no meta-analysis was possible due to incompatible reporting.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Coating material (bonding material or sealant) WITH fluoride release vs Coating material WITHOUT fluoride release White spot lesions assessed by laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdent) · Patients of any age (11-40 years) receiving comprehensive/fixed orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances · Patients undergoing fixed (multibracket) orthodontic appliance treatment; clinical/dental setting; analysis at tooth level White spot lesions were also measured by laser fluorescence in 3 fluoride-vs-non-fluoride studies, but no meta-analysis was possible due to incompatible reporting. Efficacy of sealants and bonding materials during fixed orthodontic treatment to prevent enamel… (2021) All outcomes | Laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdent) was assessed in 3 studies comparing coating with vs without fluoride release, but meta-analysis could not be performed (results reported using incompatible continuous/categorical formats… | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of sealants and bonding materials during fixed orthodontic treatment to prevent enamel demineralization: a systematic review and… 2021 All outcomes | Not specified (no date restriction on language or year) | 24 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Efficacy of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate (ACP) Containing Adhesive in Preventing Demineralization during Orthodontic Treatment, a Triple… · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
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.