Fluoride varnish vs placebo or no treatment: Proportion of children developing new caries (deciduous)
- Population
- Children and adolescents aged 16 years or less
- Intervention
- Fluoride varnish
- Comparison
- placebo or no treatment
- Outcome
- Proportion of children developing new caries (deciduous)
Fluoride varnish showed no clear difference in proportion of children developing one or more new caries… compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Fluoride varnish vs Placebo or no treatment Proportion of children developing one or more new caries (primary/deciduous dentition, d(e/m)ft) · Children and adolescents aged 16 years or less · At least 1 year, Primary/deciduous dentition Fluoride varnish showed no clear difference in proportion of children developing one or more new caries… compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported. Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 0.81 [0.62, 1.06] | 5 studies · 1228 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2013-05-13 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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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.