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What do systematic reviews say?

6 questions · 9 findings · 2 reviews

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Conventional restorative treatment with resin composite (CRT-RC) vs Sealing

Treatment success (caries lesion arrest or restoration survival) · Children with dentin caries lesions in the outer half of dentin on occlusal surfaces of primary teeth

Conventional restorative treatment with resin composite gave a higher treatment success rate than resin sealing for outer-half occlusal dentin caries in primary teeth (2 studies; low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Scientific evidence for the management of dentin caries lesions in pediatric dentistry: A systematic review and… 2018 All outcomes
Mixed follow-up (6 months to 1.5 years; pooled) · Dental clinic; children in Brazil (Borges 2012, Hesse 2014)
RR 1.20 [1.06, 1.37]
2 studies · 66 participants
Low

High-viscosity GIC atraumatic restorative treatment vs No control

Restoration survival · Children with decayed primary molar teeth

Multi-surface ART restorations had a reported survival rate of 73% at 1 year.

4 findings from 1 review

Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
1 year · Multi-surface
Survival rate 73
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
1 year · Single-surface
Survival rate 95
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
2 years · Multi-surface
Survival rate 59
9 studies
GRADE not reported

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Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
2 years · Single-surface
Survival rate 91
9 studies
GRADE not reported

High-viscosity GIC atraumatic restorative treatment vs Conventional restoration

Restoration survival · Children with occlusoproximal caries in primary teeth

Multiple reviews reported similar restoration survival for ART versus conventional restorations in occlusoproximal cavities (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
2-3 years · Occlusoproximal cavities (Raggio 2013; Tedesco 2017)
OR OR 0.298-1.267 (Raggio 2013); Tedesco 2017 ORs 0.298/0.710/1.26 (NS)
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Single-surface ART restoration using high-viscosity glass ionomer vs Multi-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC

Restoration survival · Children with decayed primary molar teeth

Single-surface ART/HVGIC restorations had high reported survival (86% at 3 years), significantly higher than multi-surface restorations (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
3 years · Single-surface
Survival rate (%) 86
9 studies
GRADE not reported

Multiple-surface ART restoration using high-viscosity glass ionomer vs Single-surface ART with high-viscosity GIC

Restoration survival · Children with decayed primary molar teeth

Multi-surface ART/HVGIC restorations had lower reported survival (49% at 3 years) than single-surface restorations (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
3 years · Multi-surface
Survival rate (%) 49
9 studies
GRADE not reported

High-viscosity GIC atraumatic restorative treatment vs Amalgam or composite resin restoration

Restoration survival · Children with occlusoproximal caries in primary teeth

The reported pooled ART success estimate was 1.04.

1 finding from 1 review

Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review. 2022 All outcomes
2–3 years
Pooled ART success estimate (Raggio 2013; not an odds ratio) 1.04
3 studies
GRADE not reported