0.9% silicon tetrafluoride (SiF4) vs Not specified: Remineralisation of white spot lesions
- Population
- Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL)
- Intervention
- 0.9% silicon tetrafluoride (SiF4)
- Comparison
- Not specified
- Outcome
- Remineralisation of white spot lesions
One trial found professionally applied silicon tetrafluoride did not remineralise white spot lesions; ungraded.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9% silicon tetrafluoride (SiF4) vs Not specified Remineralisation of white spot lesions · Children with white spot lesions / early enamel caries · Children in clinical dental settings One trial found professionally applied silicon tetrafluoride did not remineralise white spot lesions; ungraded. Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a… (2016) All outcomes | One study found that silicon tetrafluoride could not remineralise white spot lesions. | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a systematic review. 2016 All outcomes | Publications from 1948 to 2014 (search date not reported) | 17 | Critically Low / Critically 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.
- Application of quantitative light-induced fluorescence to monitor incipient lesions in caries-active children. A comparative study of… · 2001 · 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.