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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
10 questions in 3 reviews · cluster CL0294
current versionsNo studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 4 · 40%Very low 2 · 20%Low 4 · 40%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
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| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Resin composite (RC) vs Glass ionomer cement (GIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; permanent teeth · 1 year of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 3.05 [0.95, 9.79] | 6 studies · 479 participants | Low |
Compomer vs Glass ionomer cement (GIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; permanent teeth · 2 or more years of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 3.20 [0.59, 17.33] | 2 studies · 79 participants | Very low |
Compomer vs Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth · 2 or more years of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 1.68 [0.87, 3.25] | 5 studies · 207 participants | Low |
Resin composite (RC) vs Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth · 2 or more years of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 1.60 [0.85, 3.00] | 8 studies · 438 participants | Low |
Compomer vs Resin composite (RC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth · 1 year of follow-up, Compomer Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 0.41 [0.02, 8.34] | 2 studies · 250 participants | Ungraded |
Giomer (GIONOMER) vs Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth · 2 or more years of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 1.66 [0.49, 5.61] | 1 study · 38 participants | Low |
Resin composite (RC) vs Glass ionomer cement (GIC) Secondary caries (occurrence) · Patients requiring dental restoration; permanent teeth · 2 or more years of follow-up Clinical efficacy of bioactive restorative materials in controlling secondary caries: a systematic review… (2023) | RR 2.00 [1.10, 3.64] | 13 studies · 728 participants | Very low |
Low polymerization shrinkage resin composite (silorane, ormocer, bulk-fill or other modified-monomer composite) vs Conventional methacrylate-based resin composite Secondary caries · People with permanent posterior teeth restored with class I or II direct restorations · 24 months Meta-analysis of the clinical behavior of posterior direct resin restorations: Low polymerization shrinkage… (2018) | After 24 months, seven articles evaluated secondary caries, but none reported any secondary caries in either group; a meta-analysis was therefore not conducted. | 7 studies | Ungraded |
Low polymerization shrinkage resin composite (silorane, ormocer, bulk-fill or other modified-monomer composite) vs Conventional methacrylate-based resin composite Secondary caries · People with permanent posterior teeth restored with class I or II direct restorations · 12 months Meta-analysis of the clinical behavior of posterior direct resin restorations: Low polymerization shrinkage… (2018) | OR 1.51 [0.64, 3.57] | 14 studies · 2087 participants | Ungraded |
Compomer (Dyract) vs Amalgam (Tytin) Secondary caries at 24 months · Children aged 12 years or younger with tooth decay involving at least one tooth in the primary dentition, symptomatic… · 24 months Dental fillings for the treatment of caries in the primary dentition (2009) · Cochrane | OR 3.13 [0.12, 80.68] | 1 study · 48 participants | Ungraded |