HVGIC with chlorhexidine cavity disinfectant vs HVGIC without cavity disinfectant: Restoration failure
- Population
- Children with carious primary teeth
- Intervention
- HVGIC with chlorhexidine cavity disinfectant
- Comparison
- HVGIC without cavity disinfectant
- Outcome
- Restoration failure
No comparative effect estimate was reported; cavity disinfectant did not affect success in the review narrative.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
HVGIC with chlorhexidine cavity disinfectant vs HVGIC without cavity disinfectant Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth · 2 years, School setting, ART; Class I and II No comparative effect estimate was reported; cavity disinfectant did not affect success in the review narrative. Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious primary teeth without pulp… (2022) All outcomes | Annual failure rate (%) without disinfectant 9.1%; with disinfectant 11.1% (cumulative) | 1 study · 126 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious primary teeth without pulp therapy: a systematic review. 2022 All outcomes | December 28, 2020 | 53 | Low / 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.
- Ersin 2008 · 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.