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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

311 questions · 346 findings · 72 reviews · Oral Health

No studies found 115 · 33.2%GRADE not reported 163 · 47.1%Very low 55 · 15.9%Low 10 · 2.9%Moderate 3 · 0.9%High 0 · 0%

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Sealants or resin infiltration

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) with glass ionomer cement (GIC) or glass ionomer material

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Facemask with rapid maxillary expansion (RME) vs Pushing Splints

Adverse effects · Children and adolescents (aged 16 years or younger) with prominent lower front teeth (Class III malocclusion)
1 finding from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) plus fluoride varnish vs Sealants plus fluoride varnish (with or without restorations)

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Glass ionomer cement (GIC) plus fluoride varnish

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Silver nitrate plus fluoride varnish

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Abdominal dermal fat graft vs Nasolabial flap

Adverse effects · People of any age with a confirmed diagnosis, by clinical examination and biopsy, of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Kania 2022 reported 3/30 serious adverse effects (graft failure) requiring prolonged hospital stay in the abdominal dermal fat graft group; no GRADE rating.
    1 study · 30 participants
    GRADE not reported

Postoperative systemic antibiotics (phenoxymethylpenicillin/penicillin VK, 7-day course), partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics vs Matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics

Adverse effects · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
1 finding from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs placebo or no treatment

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
2 findings from 1 review

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) vs Fluoride varnish

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Single preoperative dose of systemic antibiotics (clindamycin 600 mg), total chemo-mechanical debridement and root filling vs Matched placebo, total chemo-mechanical debridement and root filling

Adverse effects · Adults with symptomatic apical periodontitis (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
1 finding from 1 review

SDF (given at a particular frequency, concentration, or duration) vs SDF (given at a different frequency, concentration, or duration)

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review

Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy excluded) administered before and/or after tooth extraction vs placebo

Adverse effects · People undergoing tooth extraction (21 of 23 trials: healthy patients undergoing impacted third molar extraction; 1 routine intra-alveolar…

It is very uncertain whether systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy… changes adverse effects compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical triamcinolone acetonide vs pimecrolimus 1%

Adverse effects · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment

Topical triamcinolone acetonide showed no clear difference in adverse effects compared with topical pimecrolimus; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review