No dentinal caries removal (caries sealed under a preformed metal crown or restoration without removing dentinal caries) vs Complete caries removal: Signs or symptoms of pulpal disease
No dentinal caries removal (caries sealed under a preformed metal… showed no clear difference in signs or symptoms of pulpal disease compared with complete caries removal (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
No dentinal caries removal (caries sealed under a preformed metal crown or restoration without removing dentinal caries) vs Complete caries removal Signs or symptoms of pulpal disease · Patients with carious teeth, affecting any tooth surface(s), in unrestored primary and permanent teeth · 1 year No dentinal caries removal (caries sealed under a preformed metal… showed no clear difference in signs or symptoms of pulpal disease compared with complete caries removal (moderate certainty). Operative caries management in adults and children (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 0.20 [0.02, 1.72] | 1 study · 132 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operative caries management in adults and children 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2012-12 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
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
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.