Evidence Gaps

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · All outcomes

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 66.7%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 33.3%High 0 · 0%

Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading) · Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL)

Resin infiltration produced significantly greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 4.76, 95% CI 0.74 to 8.78; moderate certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a… 2021 All outcomes
3 to 6 months
MD 4.76 [0.74, 8.78]
3 studies · 212 participants
Moderate
Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a… 2021 All outcomes
3 to 6 months · Mild lesions, DIAGNOdent score <=14 (Ciftci et al. 2018; Giray et al. 2018)
MD 3.65 [0.82, 6.48]
2 studies · 172 participants
GRADE not reported
Efficacy of resin infiltration to mask post-orthodontic or non-post-orthodontic white spot lesions or fluorosis - a… 2021 All outcomes
3 to 6 months · Severe lesions, DIAGNOdent score >14 (Gozetici et al. 2019)
MD 13.15 [3.98, 22.32]
1 study · 40 participants
GRADE not reported