What do systematic reviews say?

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  Pit and fissure sealing (permanent molars)
  Rubber dam may be associated with significantly lower satisfaction than the Isolite system but evidence very uncertain, mainly worse comfort (31%, P=0.02) and less preference (26%, P=0.002) (Alhareky 2014).
  1 study · 42 participants
  Very low

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

It is very uncertain whether rubber dam isolation changes costs: operation/chair time compared with isolite system (very low certainty).

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  Pit and fissure sealing (permanent molars)
  MD 9.36 [8.42, 10.30]
  1 study · 42 participants
  Very low

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  treatment phase
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam vs Isolite system

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva… may leads to higher survival rate of restorations (6 months) compared with cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration) (low certainty).

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  6 months · Non-carious cervical lesions (composite restoration)
  OR 2.29 [1.05, 4.99]
  2 studies · 192 participants
  Low
• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  18 months · Non-carious cervical lesions (composite restoration)
  OR 1.00 [0.45, 2.25]
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low
• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  24 months · Primary molars (proximal atraumatic restorative treatment)
  HR 0.80 [0.66, 0.97]
  1 study · 559 participants
  Very low

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
  no estimate extracted
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

It is very uncertain whether rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva… changes costs: treatment/operation time compared with cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration) (very low certainty).

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  NCCL composite (Loguercio); fissure sealing (Ammann, narrative)
  MD -0.40 [-2.26, 1.46]
  1 study · 30 participants
  Very low

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  treatment phase
  Adverse events | Outcome not reported
  0 studies
  No studies found

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  6, 12, 18 months · Non-carious cervical lesions (composite restoration)
  Loguercio 2015: no significant differences (P>0.05) in marginal staining and marginal adaptation of NCCL restorations between rubber dam and cotton rolls/retraction cords at 6, 12 and 18 months.
  1 study · 30 participants
  GRADE not reported

Rubber dam isolation and moisture control (alone or with saliva aspiration) vs Cotton rolls (with or without saliva aspiration)

• Rubber dam isolation for restorative treatment in dental patients 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes

  Non-carious cervical lesions (composite restoration)
  Evidence did not support higher acceptance/preference for rubber dam than cotton rolls (P = 0.85 from binomial test on 28 participants; very low-certainty evidence) (Loguercio 2015).
  1 study · 28 participants
  Very low