Intermediate restorative material (IRM) root-end filling vs Gutta-percha: Healing - 1 year or longer
- Population
- People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)
- Intervention
- Intermediate restorative material (IRM) root-end filling
- Comparison
- Gutta-percha
- Outcome
- Healing - 1 year or longer
It is very uncertain whether intermediate restorative material (IRM) root-end filling changes healing - 1 year or longer compared with gutta-percha (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intermediate restorative material (IRM) root-end filling vs Gutta-percha Healing - 1 year or longer · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy) · 1 year or longer It is very uncertain whether intermediate restorative material (IRM) root-end filling changes healing - 1 year or longer compared with gutta-percha (very low certainty). Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 0.92 [0.80, 1.05] | 1 study · 147 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2016-02-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
Related questions
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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.