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Glass ionomer cement vs Amalgam restoration

Success rate at 1 year · Patients needing retrograde filling in root canal therapy (orthograde root canal filling or retreatment not possible; periapical surgery…

It is very uncertain whether glass ionomer cement changes success rate at 1 year compared with amalgam (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for retrograde filling in root canal therapy 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
1 year
RR 0.98 [0.86, 1.12]
1 study
Very low

Glass ionomer cement vs Amalgam restoration

Adverse events · Patients needing retrograde filling in root canal therapy (orthograde root canal filling or retreatment not possible; periapical surgery…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for retrograde filling in root canal therapy 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: outcome was not assessed by the included studies
0 studies
No studies found

Glass ionomer cement vs Amalgam restoration

Overall success rate · Patients needing retrograde filling in root canal therapy (orthograde root canal filling or retreatment not possible; periapical surgery…

Glass ionomer cement showed no clear difference in success rate at 5 years compared with amalgam; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for retrograde filling in root canal therapy 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
5 years
RR 1.00 [0.84, 1.20]
1 study
GRADE not reported