Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement vs Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA): Clinical failure
It is very uncertain whether calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement changes clinical failure compared with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement vs Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth · 6, 12 and 18 months Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth (2018) · Cochrane All outcomes | No clinical failure in any participant (Malekafzali 2011); not estimable | 1 study · 80 participants | GRADE not reported |
Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement vs Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth · 6 months It is very uncertain whether calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement changes clinical failure compared with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) (very low certainty). Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth (2018) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 3.00 [0.13, 69.70] | 1 study · 42 participants | Very low |
Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement vs Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth · 6, 12 and 18 months Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth (2014) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD003220.PUB2, superseded | No clinical failure in any participant (Malekafzali 2011); not estimable | 1 study · 80 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2017-08 | 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.