Inactivated-bacteria tablets vs Not specified: Caries prognosis and oral-microbiota diversity structure and function
- Population
- Patients after dental filling
- Intervention
- Inactivated-bacteria tablets
- Comparison
- Not specified
- Outcome
- Caries prognosis and oral-microbiota diversity structure and function
No meta-analysis was conducted; postbiotic tablets were reported to improve caries prognosis and restore oral-microbiota diversity structure and function.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Inactivated-bacteria tablets vs Not specified Caries prognosis and oral-microbiota diversity structure and function · Patients after dental filling · 14 days, clinical setting No meta-analysis was conducted; postbiotic tablets were reported to improve caries prognosis and restore oral-microbiota diversity structure and function. Postbiotics and Dental Caries: A Systematic Review. (2025) All outcomes | no estimate extracted | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postbiotics and Dental Caries: A Systematic Review. 2025 All outcomes | October 2024 | 21 | 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.
- Adjuvant postbiotic administration improves dental caries prognosis by restoring the oral microbiota · 2024 · 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.