Tooth-coloured direct restorative materials (composite, compomer, giomer, RMGIC, HVGIC, open-sandwich) vs No comparator: Absence of recurrent caries success rate
After trim-and-fill adjustment the absence-of-recurrent-caries success rate was 0.878 (95% CI 0.828-0.915; ungraded), a negligible change.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Tooth-coloured direct restorative materials (composite, compomer, giomer, RMGIC, HVGIC, open-sandwich) vs No comparator group (single-arm pooled success rate; materials/techniques contrasted via moderator analyses) Absence of recurrent caries success rate · Children with primary molars requiring proximal (Class II) restorations · 24 months, Trim-and-fill adjusted (publication-bias sensitivity) After trim-and-fill adjustment the absence-of-recurrent-caries success rate was 0.878 (95% CI 0.828-0.915; ungraded), a negligible change. Success rate of proximal tooth-coloured direct restorations in primary teeth at 24 months: a meta-analysis. (2020) All outcomes | Proportion 0.878 [0.828, 0.915] | 38 (30 observed + 8 imputed) studies | GRADE not reported |
Tooth-coloured direct restorative materials (composite, compomer, giomer, RMGIC, HVGIC, open-sandwich) vs No comparator group (single-arm pooled success rate; materials/techniques contrasted via moderator analyses) Absence of recurrent caries success rate · Children with primary molars requiring proximal (Class II) restorations · 24 months The pooled 24-month absence-of-recurrent-caries success rate was 0.909 (95% CI 0.865-0.939; ungraded), the highest of the four outcomes. Success rate of proximal tooth-coloured direct restorations in primary teeth at 24 months: a meta-analysis. (2020) All outcomes | Proportion 0.909 [0.865, 0.939] | 30 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Success rate of proximal tooth-coloured direct restorations in primary teeth at 24 months: a meta-analysis. 2020 All outcomes | May 2019 (search covered 1985 to May 2019) | 17 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
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