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Resin infiltration vs In-office bleaching alone: Dentist satisfaction (masking effect)
- Population
- Patients with dental fluorosis
- Intervention
- Resin infiltration
- Comparison
- In-office bleaching alone
- Outcome
- Dentist satisfaction (masking effect)
Resin infiltration alone produced greater dentist-rated masking than in-office bleaching alone in one study (MD 3.97, 95% CI 3.33 to 4.61; ungraded).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Resin infiltration alone vs In-office bleaching alone Dentist satisfaction (masking effect) · Patients with dental fluorosis Resin infiltration alone produced greater dentist-rated masking than in-office bleaching alone in one study (MD 3.97, 95% CI 3.33 to 4.61; ungraded). Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or… (2021) All outcomes | MD 3.97 [3.33, 4.61] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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