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357 questions · 363 findings · 46 reviews

No studies found 99 · 27.3%GRADE not reported 88 · 24.2%Very low 74 · 20.4%Low 55 · 15.2%Moderate 40 · 11%High 7 · 1.9%

Glycerrhetinic acid/antibiotic mixture vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical success (survival free of symptoms) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures
1 finding from 1 review
  • Shovelton 1971 (Analysis 1.1): 275 teeth followed for 2 years (235 at 6 months, 160 at 12 months, 85 analysed at 24 months). Success rates 50% to 80%. Ledermix and calcium hydroxide had the highest success rates,…
    1 study · 275 participants
    GRADE not reported

Ledermix (corticosteroid/antibiotic pulp-capping cement) vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical success (survival free of symptoms) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures
1 finding from 1 review
  • Shovelton 1971 (Analysis 1.1): 275 teeth followed for 2 years (235 at 6 months, 160 at 12 months, 85 analysed at 24 months). Success rates 50% to 80%. Ledermix and calcium hydroxide had the highest success rates,…
    1 study · 275 participants
    GRADE not reported

Azelaic acid vs adapalene

Participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement · participants with acne

It is very uncertain whether azelaic acid changes participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Improved to… compared with adapalene (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Azelaic acid vs tretinoin

Participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Good to excellent improvement (long term: treatment duration > 8 weeks) · participants with acne

Azelaic acid showed no clear difference in participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Good to… compared with tretinoin (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Salicylic acid vs pyruvic acid

Participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Good to excellent improvement (medium term: treatment duration from 5 to 8 weeks) · participants with acne

It is very uncertain whether salicylic acid changes participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Good to… compared with pyruvic acid (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Salicylic acid vs pyruvic acid

Withdrawal for any reason (medium term: treatment duration from 5 to 8 weeks) · participants with acne

Salicylic acid showed no clear difference in withdrawal for any reason (medium term: treatment duration from 5 to… compared with pyruvic acid (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Salicylic acid vs tretinoin

Participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Moderate to excellent improvement (long term: treatment duration > 8 weeks) · participants with acne

Salicylic acid showed no clear difference in participants' global self‐assessment of acne improvement Moderate to… compared with tretinoin (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review