Resin infiltration vs Fluoride varnish: Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading)
- Population
- Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL)
- Intervention
- Resin infiltration
- Comparison
- Fluoride varnish
- Outcome
- Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading)
Resin infiltration produced significantly greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 4.76, 95% CI 0.74 to 8.78; moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Resin infiltration vs Fluoride varnish Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading) · Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL) · 3 to 6 months Resin infiltration produced significantly greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 4.76, 95% CI 0.74 to 8.78; moderate certainty). Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or… (2021) All outcomes | MD 4.76 [0.74, 8.78] | 3 studies · 212 participants | Moderate |
Resin infiltration vs Fluoride varnish Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading) · Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL) · 3 to 6 months, Mild lesions, DIAGNOdent score <=14 (Ciftci et al. 2018; Giray et al. 2018) In the mild lesions subgroup, resin infiltration gave greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 3.65, 95% CI 0.82 to 6.48; ungraded subgroup). Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or… (2021) All outcomes | MD 3.65 [0.82, 6.48] | 2 studies · 172 participants | GRADE not reported |
Resin infiltration vs Fluoride varnish Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading) · Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL) · 3 to 6 months, Severe lesions, DIAGNOdent score >14 (Gozetici et al. 2019) In the severe lesions subgroup, resin infiltration gave greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 13.15, 95% CI 3.98 to 22.32; ungraded subgroup). Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or… (2021) All outcomes | MD 13.15 [3.98, 22.32] | 1 study · 40 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a systematic review and… 2021 All outcomes | Not specified | 11 | 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.
- Resin infiltration technique and fluoride varnish on white spot lesions in children: Preliminary findings of a randomized clinical trial · 2018 · included by 1 of these review
- The efficacy of resin infiltrate on the treatment of white spot lesions and developmental opacities · 2018 · included by 1 of these review
- Gozetici et al. 2019 · 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.