Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Endodontics and dental trauma

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 50%Very low 1 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Healing - 1 year · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)

It is very uncertain whether glass ionomer cement root-end filling changes healing - 1 year compared with amalgam (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
1 year
RR 0.98 [0.86, 1.12]
1 study · 105 participants
Very low

Healing rate · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)

Glass ionomer cement root-end filling showed no clear difference in healing - 5 years compared with amalgam; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
5 years
RR 1.00 [0.84, 1.20]
1 study · 67 participants
GRADE not reported