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Fluorescence-based devices vs Dental imaging (analog or digital radiographs)

Difference in specificity · Asymptomatic children or adults suspected of enamel caries (clinical studies); extracted teeth (in vitro studies)

Fluorescence and imaging had similar specificity in the fully within-person analysis.

1 finding from 1 review

Fluorescence-based devices vs Dental imaging (analog or digital radiographs)

Difference in sensitivity · Asymptomatic children or adults suspected of enamel caries (clinical studies); extracted teeth (in vitro studies)

Fluorescence had higher sensitivity than imaging in the fully within-person analysis.

1 finding from 1 review

Dementia (any type or severity) vs Older people without dementia

Dental caries: prevalence of root caries · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia

Root caries was higher in older people with dementia (0.6 to 4.9) than without (0.3 to 1.7), described as significantly more common but not pooled (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dementia (any type or severity) vs Older people without dementia

Coronal caries (mean number) · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia

Coronal caries was higher in older people with dementia (0.1 to 2.9) than without (0.0 to 1.0), described as significantly more common but not pooled (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

E-cigarette aerosol / e-liquid exposure (flavored and unflavored; nicotine and non-nicotine) vs Unexposed controls / unflavored e-liquid / conventional cigarette smoke

Cariogenic and commensal oral bacteria (S. mutans and commensal streptococci growth, adhesion, biofilm) · Oral bacteria (streptococci), dental hard tissue (enamel/dentin) and e-liquids studied in vitro/ex vivo (with a few clinical microbiome…

Most in vitro studies indicate e-cigarette aerosol/e-liquid (especially flavored/high-concentration) disrupts normal oral flora and favors cariogenic S. mutans growth and biofilm, plausibly increasing caries risk; not pooled (ungraded, narrative).

1 finding from 1 review

38% SDF (indirect pulp capping) vs Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC)

Restoration color, marginal staining and luster (esthetics) · Children with deep occlusal caries in young permanent first molars (indirect pulp capping)

RMGIC gave significantly better restoration esthetics than SDF, which caused black staining (p=0.03; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

38% SDF plus oral health education vs oral health instruction plus tonic water

new root-surface carious lesions or restorations · community-dwelling older adults with root caries

SDF had a 62% preventative fraction; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating was reported.

1 finding from 1 review

38% SDF plus potassium iodide and oral health instruction vs oral health instruction plus tonic water

new root-surface carious lesions or restorations · community-dwelling older adults with root caries

SDF plus potassium iodide had a 52% preventative fraction; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating was reported.

1 finding from 1 review