What do systematic reviews say?

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Bleaching before resin infiltration (bleaching + infiltration) vs Resin infiltration alone

Patient/dentist satisfaction · Patients with dental fluorosis

Patient/dentist satisfaction did not differ between bleaching-then-infiltration and infiltration alone (SMD -1.53, 95% CI -4.75 to 1.70; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a… 2021 All outcomes
SMD -1.53 [-4.75, 1.70]
2 studies
GRADE not reported

Bleaching before resin infiltration (bleaching + infiltration) vs Resin infiltration alone

Masking effect (esthetic improvement) · Patients with dental fluorosis

Bleaching before resin infiltration did not improve masking of fluorosis compared with infiltration alone (MD -0.30, 95% CI -0.98 to 0.39; moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a… 2021 All outcomes
MD -0.30 [-0.98, 0.39]
2 studies
Moderate