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Dental cavity liner (e.g. calcium hydroxide, glass ionomer, resin-modified glass ionomer, or flowable composite) placed under the restoration vs No cavity liner or a different liner material: Secondary prevention of caries
- Population
- Patients with deep caries lesions in mature or immature permanent (posterior) teeth, with no symptoms or reversible pulpitis
- Intervention
- Dental cavity liner (e.g. calcium hydroxide, glass ionomer, resin-modified glass ionomer, or flowable composite) placed under the restoration
- Comparison
- No cavity liner or a different liner material
- Outcome
- Secondary prevention of caries
Cavity liners may make little or no difference to secondary caries prevention (~100% prevention across groups; low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Cavity liner (calcium hydroxide, glass-ionomer cement, resin-modified calcium silicate/TheraCal LC, hydraulic calcium silicate/MTA or Biodentine, flowable composite, or other liner material) vs No cavity liner or a different liner material Secondary caries prevention · Patients with deep caries lesions in mature or immature permanent (posterior) teeth, with no symptoms or reversible… · >=12 months, Dental clinical settings (multiple countries) Cavity liners may make little or no difference to secondary caries prevention (~100% prevention across groups; low certainty). Efficacy of different cavity liners compared to no cavity lining in managing deep caries in vital permanent… (2025) All outcomes | No significant difference; ~100% prevention | 10 studies · 1009 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of different cavity liners compared to no cavity lining in managing deep caries in vital permanent teeth - a systematic review. 2025 All outcomes | 30 August-30 October 2023; update 1 December 2024-1 February 2025 | 12 | Moderate / Moderate |
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.