Placebo vs Silver diamine fluoride: Oral health-related quality of life
The direct estimate found no statistically significant difference in oral health-related quality of life between placebo and silver diamine fluoride.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Placebo vs Silver diamine fluoride Oral health-related quality of life · Children with dental caries · Direct estimate The direct estimate found no statistically significant difference in oral health-related quality of life between placebo and silver diamine fluoride. Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network meta-analysis. (2022) All outcomes | MD 0.03 [-0.16, 0.22] | 2 studies · 440 participants | GRADE not reported |
Placebo vs Silver diamine fluoride Oral health-related quality of life · Children with dental caries · Network estimate The network estimate found no statistically significant difference in oral health-related quality of life between placebo and silver diamine fluoride. Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network meta-analysis. (2022) All outcomes | MD 0.03 [-0.16, 0.22] | 2 studies · 440 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver diamine fluoride and oral health-related quality of life: A review and network meta-analysis. 2022 All outcomes | 30 July 2021 | 10 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Association between dental conditions, sliver diamine fluoride application, parental satisfaction, and oral health-related quality of life… · 2021 · included by 1 of these review
- Effects of restoring SDF-treated and untreated dentine caries lesions on parental satisfaction and oral health related quality of life of… · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
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.