Question · asked by 1 review

Chemical cured composite vs Light cured composite: Bracket (bond) failure

Population
Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances attached to their teeth
Intervention
Chemical cured composite
Comparison
Light cured composite
Outcome
Bracket (bond) failure

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Chemical cured composite vs Light cured composite
Bracket (bond) failure · Patients with fixed orthodontic appliances attached to their teeth · To end of appliance treatment
Adhesives for fixed orthodontic brackets (2018) · Cochrane All outcomes
Additional Table 1 summarises the proportion of bracket failures for a CC and LC composite with two different bracket bases (O'Brien 1989). The paper reported the results of applying a Mantel-Haenszel Chi2 test which…1 study · 52 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Adhesives for fixed orthodontic brackets
2018 · Cochrane All outcomes
2017-09Not listedNot assessed

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

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