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38% SDF solution (applied biannually) vs 12% SDF solution (applied biannually): Arrest of advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface

Population
Primary teeth with advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface
Intervention
38% SDF solution (applied biannually)
Comparison
12% SDF solution (applied biannually)
Outcome
Arrest of advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface

38% SDF solution biannually compared with 12% SDF solution biannually: RR 1.29 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.38); High certainty.

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
38% SDF solution biannually vs 12% SDF solution biannually
Arrest of advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface · Primary teeth with advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface · 30 months
38% SDF solution biannually compared with 12% SDF solution biannually: RR 1.29 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.38); High certainty.
Nonrestorative Treatments for Caries: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. (2018) All outcomes
RR 1.29 [1.21, 1.38]1 study · 799 participantsHigh

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Nonrestorative Treatments for Caries: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.
2019 All outcomes
June 201754Critically Low / Critically Low

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