Question · asked by 1 review

Potassium nitrate/dimethyl isosorbide/polycarboxylate cement (KNO3/DMI/PCa) vs Polycarboxylate cement (PCa) alone: Clinical success (absence of periapical pathology, tenderness to pressure and fistula formation) at 24 months

Population
Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures
Intervention
Potassium nitrate/dimethyl isosorbide/polycarboxylate cement (KNO3/DMI/PCa)
Comparison
Polycarboxylate cement (PCa) alone
Outcome
Clinical success (absence of periapical pathology, tenderness to pressure and fistula formation) at 24 months

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Potassium nitrate/dimethyl isosorbide/polycarboxylate cement (KNO3/DMI/PCa) vs Polycarboxylate cement (PCa) alone
Clinical success (absence of periapical pathology, tenderness to pressure and fistula formation) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic vital pulpal exposures from caries · 24 months
Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality (2007) · Cochrane All outcomes
Hodosh 2003 (Analysis 3.1): all 18 patients receiving KNO3/DMI/PCa responded favourably (0/18 developed clinical symptoms) versus 10/12 in the PCa group. "The results in groups two and three were statistically…1 study · 30 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality
2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
2006-03Not listedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

How reviews are matched to this question

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