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Sealing using sealant materials vs Non-selective carious tissue removal and conventional restoration (CR)

Lesion progression · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating cavitated or dentine carious lesions 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
Non-cavitated lesions, primary dentition
Lesion progression reported narratively: Borges 2012a found 3/26 sealed lesions progressed after 1 year (split-mouth); not pooled and not GRADE-rated.
1 study
GRADE not reported

Sealing using sealant materials vs Non-selective carious tissue removal and conventional restoration (CR)

Failure of therapy · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…

It is very uncertain whether sealing using sealant materials changes failure of therapy compared with non-selective carious tissue removal and conventional restoration (CR) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating cavitated or dentine carious lesions 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
48 months · Cavitated lesions, permanent dentition
OR 5.0 [0.51, 49.27]
1 study · 41 participants
Very low