Search review questions

Restoration failure (permanent dentition) · People with dental caries in primary teeth (mainly children)

Costs (direct and indirect) · Children with dental caries in primary teeth (mean age 7 years)

Aesthetic evaluation (patient aesthetic satisfaction changes) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit fixed dental prosthesis (FDP) · 36 months

Dentine caries in permanent molars · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years) · 12-72 months

Restoration failure (primary dentition) · People with dental caries in primary teeth (mainly children) · 12 to 24 months

Cantilevered bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis · 36 months

Complications · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown on… · 12 months

Decayed or filled primary tooth surfaces at 3 years · Pregnant women (for preventing dental caries in the primary teeth of their children) · 3 years

Number of teeth present (mean) · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia

Adverse events · Older adults with root caries in permanent (mature) teeth (mean age 75 years)

Bridge complications · Adults (18 years or older) needing a three-unit tooth-supported fixed dental prosthesis · 36 months

Participant experience (co-operation during procedure) · Children and adolescents with dental caries (primary teeth and permanent immature teeth)

Implant crown complications · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown · 24 months

Decayed or filled primary tooth surfaces at 5 years · Pregnant women (for preventing dental caries in the primary teeth of their children) · 5 years

Periodontal/peri-implant status and occlusal wear (secondary outcomes) · Adults (18 years or older) needing a single crown in the molar or premolar region

Dentine caries in permanent molars · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years) · 24 months

Decayed primary surfaces at 5 years · Pregnant women (for preventing dental caries in the primary teeth of their children) · 5 years

Aesthetic evaluation (Implant Crown Aesthetic Index, ICAI) · Adults (18 years or older) with one missing tooth in the aesthetic zone needing an implant-supported single crown on… · 12 months

Aesthetic evaluation (patient VAS) · Adults (18 years or older) needing replacement of one premolar or incisor with a cantilevered fixed dental prosthesis · 24 months

Pain (primary dentition) · Children with dental caries in primary teeth · Single and multiple lesions

Restoration failure (permanent, mature dentition; root surfaces) · Older adults with root caries in permanent (mature) teeth (mean age 75 years) · 6 months, Root caries

Marginal deterioration of the restoration and fracture of the remaining tooth tissue · Adults and adolescents with permanent posterior molar and premolar teeth suitable for Class I and II, but excluding… · Mean 24 months

Periodontal disease and serum IL-1β IL-6 and cortisol · Patients with aggressive or chronic periodontitis at a university periodontology department

Survival of the restoration · Adults and adolescents with permanent posterior molar and premolar teeth suitable for Class I and II, but excluding… · Mean 24 months

Proportion of dentists selecting selective or stepwise removal · Dentists surveyed about deep carious lesions in permanent teeth · Oen 2007

Proportion of dentists selecting selective or stepwise removal · Dentists surveyed about deep carious lesions in permanent teeth · Weber 2013

GCF elastase activity and non-surgical periodontal treatment outcome (salivary cortisol, ICTP measured; no effect reported) · Adults with periodontitis needing non-surgical periodontal treatment · 6-month follow-up

Gingival inflammation and GCF IL-1β IL-6 and IL-8 · Adults with gingivitis or periodontitis from a private periodontics practice

Periodontitis and GCF IL-6 · Women on long-term sick leave for depression

Proportion of dentists selecting selective or stepwise removal · Dentists surveyed about deep carious lesions in permanent teeth · Chisini 2015

Remineralisation of early enamel caries (proportion of lesions remineralised) · Children with early enamel caries or white spot lesions

Arrest of dentine caries · Children with active dentine caries

Economic data: direct costs of materials and any reported associated indirect costs · Adults and adolescents with permanent posterior molar and premolar teeth suitable for Class I and II, but excluding…

Marginal integrity of restorations · Children, adolescents and adults with caries in deciduous and permanent teeth (age 3.5 to 84 years) · 2 years follow-up

Remineralisation of early enamel caries · NaF varnish plus chlorhexidine or calcium fluoride vs NaF varnish alone (no significant added benefit)

Dimensional change (size) of early enamel caries lesions · Children with white spot lesions / early enamel caries

Participant discomfort (vibration, smell, noise) · Children, adolescents and adults with caries in deciduous and permanent teeth (age 3.5 to 84 years) · during treatment

Arrest of dentine caries (proportion of surfaces arrested) · Children with active dentine caries (primary and permanent teeth)

Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES III

Arrest of dentine caries · 38% SDF vs 5% NaF varnish (SDF superior)

Pulpal inflammation or necrosis · Children, adolescents and adults with caries in deciduous and permanent teeth (age 3.5 to 84 years) · 6 months follow-up

Proportion of dentists selecting selective or stepwise removal · Dentists surveyed about deep carious lesions in permanent teeth · Seale and Glickman 2007 (pedodontists)

Antibody titres to periodontal pathogens · Adults with periodontitis · Baseline and 1-year follow-up

Pulpal inflammation or necrosis · Children, adolescents and adults with caries in deciduous and permanent teeth (age 3.5 to 84 years) · 1 week follow-up

Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES 1999-2004 · Race/ethnicity

Development of carious lesions on sealed occlusal pits and fissures · Children with fully erupted permanent first molar teeth (mean age about 6 to 8 years) · 48 months

Dental caries prevalence in primary teeth (cavitated lesions) · Children aged 5-6 years in Latin America and the Caribbean · Studies with data collected after 2000 (21st century), Other Latin American/Caribbean countries (non-Brazil)

Dental caries prevalence in permanent teeth (cavitated lesions) · Children aged 11-13 years in Latin America and the Caribbean · Studies with data collected after 2000 (21st century), Other Latin American/Caribbean countries (non-Brazil)

Serum inflammatory cytokines (IL-1b, IL-6) and cortisol in periodontitis · Registered job/family stress

Remineralisation of early enamel caries · Children with incipient (early) enamel caries