Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) sealant (one-time) vs no treatment: New coronal caries in permanent first molars (caries prevention)
ART within a brushing programme significantly reduced caries vs control (p<0.01; ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) sealant (one-time) vs No treatment New coronal caries in permanent first molars (caries prevention) · Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars · 18 months, School-based (children), Monse 2012 (ART one-time, with brushing programme) ART within a brushing programme significantly reduced caries vs control (p<0.01; ungraded). A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent… (2023) All outcomes | Mean new caries increment (surfaces) 0.01 | 1 study · 1016 participants | GRADE not reported |
Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) sealant (one-time) vs No treatment New coronal caries in permanent first molars (caries prevention) · Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars · 18 months, School-based (children), Monse 2012 (ART one-time, no brushing programme) ART sealant significantly reduced caries in children's permanent first molars vs no treatment (p<0.001; ungraded). A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent… (2023) All outcomes | Mean new caries increment (surfaces) 0.06 | 1 study · 1016 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent teeth. 2023 All outcomes | December 2022 | 13 | Low / Critically Low |
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.