Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH): Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
- Population
- Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure
- Intervention
- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA)
- Comparison
- Calcium hydroxide (CH)
- Outcome
- Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
Reviews word the same question differently. Two decision models (TypeSafe's Jev and Liquid AI's d1) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others, and rows count as this question only when both agree on all four. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each row.
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
How each review answered it
Current versions only| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure · >=12 months, Partial pulpotomy Efficacy of pulpotomy for permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure: A systematic review and meta-analysis… (2024) | OR 2.81 [1.38, 5.74] | NR | Ungraded |
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure · >=12 months, Mature teeth Efficacy of pulpotomy for permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure: A systematic review and meta-analysis… (2024) | OR 2.63 [1.14, 6.03] | NR | Ungraded |
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure · >=12 months Efficacy of pulpotomy for permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure: A systematic review and meta-analysis… (2024) | OR 2.41 [1.28, 4.51] | 7 studies · 377 participants | Low |
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure · >=12 months, Irreversible pulpitis Efficacy of pulpotomy for permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure: A systematic review and meta-analysis… (2024) | OR 3.17 [1.25, 7.99] | NR | Ungraded |
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) Clinical and radiographic success · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth · 1 to 3 years, Success after vital pulp therapy, Unadjusted; all treatment modalities and root maturities Comparative efficacy of materials used in patients undergoing pulpotomy or direct pulp capping in carious… (2023) | OR 2.94 [1.93, 4.49] | 10 studies · 900 participants | Low |
Trials and studies behind the answers
The primary studies that full-text reviews tie to these outcomes. Reviews from the Summary of Findings tier list no included studies here, and trials have not yet been matched to questions on their own, so this list is incomplete.
- Brizuela et al. 2017 · included by 1 of these review
- Chailertvanitkul et al. 2014 · included by 1 of these review
- El-Meligy & Avery 2006 · included by 1 of these review
- Kumar et al. 2016 · included by 1 of these review
- Kundzina et al. 2017 · included by 1 of these review
- Peskersoy et al. 2021 · included by 1 of these review
- Qudeimat et al. 2007 · included by 1 of these review
- Suhag et al. 2019 · included by 1 of these review
- Taha & Khazali 2017 · included by 1 of these review