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Single-surface ART restoration using high-viscosity glass ionomer vs Multi-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC: Restoration failure
- Population
- Children (2-9 years) with caries in posterior primary teeth
- Intervention
- Single-surface ART restoration using high-viscosity glass ionomer
- Comparison
- Multi-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC
- Outcome
- Restoration failure
Single-surface ART restorations had a low reported mean annual failure rate (about 5%; ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Single-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC vs Multi-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC Mean annual restoration failure rate · Children (2-9 years) with caries in posterior primary teeth · First 3 years, Single-surface Single-surface ART restorations had a low reported mean annual failure rate (about 5%; ungraded). Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. (2022) All outcomes | Mean annual failure rate (%) 4.7% (van 't Hof 2006) to 5% (de Amorim 2018) | Not reported | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes | August 2020 | 35 | Low / Low |
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