Selective or stepwise carious tissue removal vs Non-selective or complete carious tissue removal: Temporal change in the proportion of dentists utilizing SE/SW
The proportion of dentists choosing selective or stepwise removal rose significantly over time, by about 1.6% per calendar year (meta-regression, p<0.05), a trend the authors described as borderline (ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Selective (incomplete) or stepwise carious tissue removal (SE/SW) vs Non-selective (complete) carious tissue removal Temporal change in the proportion of dentists utilizing SE/SW · Dentists managing deep carious lesions in permanent vital teeth · General and specialist dental practice; multiple countries (USA, Brazil, Norway, Germany, France) The proportion of dentists choosing selective or stepwise removal rose significantly over time, by about 1.6% per calendar year (meta-regression, p<0.05), a trend the authors described as borderline (ungraded). Understanding dentists' management of deep carious lesions in permanent teeth: a systematic review and… (2016) All outcomes | Meta-regression coefficient (% per year) 1.6 | 9 studies · 4199 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding dentists' management of deep carious lesions in permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2016 All outcomes | Not specified | 8 | Not applicable |
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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