Diagnostic odds ratio (overall test accuracy) · Children, adolescents, or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of early enamel caries (in vivo), or extracted teeth of…
1 finding from 1 review
Electrical conductance devices (electronic caries monitor (ECM) and/or CarieScan Pro), used as an adjunct to clinical oral examination vs Reference standard: histology or enhanced visual examination (with or without radiographs)
Outcome not reported · Teeth with previously applied restorations (secondary caries) or pit and fissure sealants; target condition = non-cavitated enamel caries.
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Electrical conductance devices (electronic caries monitor (ECM) and/or CarieScan Pro), used as an adjunct to clinical oral examination vs Reference standard: histology or enhanced visual examination (with or without radiographs)
Outcome not reported · Children/adolescents/adults or extracted teeth; target condition = non-cavitated enamel caries on PROXIMAL (approximal) tooth surfaces.
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Electrical conductance devices (electronic caries monitor (ECM) and/or CarieScan Pro), used as an adjunct to clinical oral examination vs Reference standard: histology or enhanced visual examination (with or without radiographs)
Outcome not reported · Samples with a low (<15%) prevalence of caries into dentine (d3/D3); target condition = non-cavitated enamel caries.
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral candidiasis (present) · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
Amphotericin B showed no clear difference in oral candidiasis (present) compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of ICU stay · Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
Triclosan rinse led to lower duration of ICU stay compared with saline rinse; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of mechanical ventilation · Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
Triclosan rinse led to lower duration of mechanical ventilation compared with saline rinse; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of VAP · Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
Triclosan rinse showed no clear difference in incidence of VAP compared with saline rinse; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars)
Platelet rich fibrin showed no clear difference in presence of dry socket compared with control; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars)
It is very uncertain whether platelet rich plasma changes presence of dry socket compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars)
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Ferric sulphate (FS) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Ferric sulphate (FS) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
It is very uncertain whether ferric sulphate (FS) changes clinical failure compared with ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Ferric sulphate (FS) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with formocresol (FC) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Ferric sulphate (FS) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with formocresol (FC) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Ferric sulphate (FS) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Ferric sulphate (FS) vs Buffered glutaraldehyde
Outcome not reported · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
1 finding from 1 review
Assessed pain, soft tissue, mobility, radiolucency, root resorption, pulp canal obliteration (Goyal 2016); no clinical/radiological failure outcome; no significant differences
1 study · 60 participants
GRADE not reported
Caries increment, surface index D(M)FS · Children or adolescents
In the illustrative network meta-regression the SMD for caries increment differed between fluoride in dentifrice and placebo at every displayed randomization year; certainty was not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Caries increment, surface index D(M)FS · Children or adolescents
In the illustrative network meta-regression the SMD for caries increment differed between fluoride in dentifrice and no treatment at every displayed randomization year; certainty was not graded.
1 finding from 1 review