Restoration failure · Children (3-13 years) with dentine caries in primary teeth, no pulpal involvement
ART with GIC was reported to increase the odds of restoration failure versus conventional restoration (OR 1.60; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Discomfort during treatment · Children (3-10 years) with dentine caries in primary molars
The reported estimate for treatment discomfort with the Hall Technique versus conventional restorations was inconclusive (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.67 [0.65, 4.25]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Pain during the procedure (primary analysis) · Children (3-13 years) with dentine caries in primary teeth, no pulpal involvement
The reported estimate for procedural pain with ART versus conventional treatment was inconclusive (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events: gingival bleeding · Children (3-10 years) with dentine caries in primary molars
The reported estimate for gingival bleeding with preformed metal crowns was inconclusive (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.09 [0.42, 2.86]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Restoration failure · Children (3-10 years) with dentine caries in primary molars
The Hall Technique was reported to reduce restoration and major failure versus conventional restorations (3% vs 37%; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
3% (HT) vs 37% (control)
1 study
GRADE not reported
Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children with moderately deep dentine caries in primary molars, no pulp therapy
Etch-and-rinse adhesion failed more than self-etch (19.5% vs 7.0% annual failure) in one RCT; low quality of evidence (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children with deep dentine caries in primary molars restored with composite resin (indirect pulp treatment; pulpotomy only if pulp exposed…
Complete caries removal with composite resin had an annual failure rate of 6.8% in primary molars (single high-risk-of-bias RCT; low quality of evidence; not GRADE-rated).
2 findings from 1 review
Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children (aged 3-8 years) with 2-surface occluso-proximal dentine caries in primary molars, no pulp therapy
Preformed metal (Hall) crowns had a low reported annual failure rate (3.1%) versus compomer (14.7%) in one RCT; low quality of evidence (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Collagen-degrading bacteria · Root caries lesion biofilm
Protein-degrading bacteria capable of degrading collagen were detected in root caries biofilm.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
1 study
GRADE not reported
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
Survival rate 73
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Survival rate 95
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Survival rate 59
9 studies
GRADE not reported
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Survival rate 91
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Pain during treatment
1 finding from 1 review
Restoration failure · Children (2-9 years) with caries in posterior primary teeth
Single-surface ART restorations had a low reported mean annual failure rate (about 5%; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
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
Success or failure of restoration (as defined by the USPHS criteria) · Children with carious primary teeth
ART with high-viscosity GIC and amalgam had similar class I restoration success at 24 months (ungraded).
2 findings from 1 review
RR 1.07 [0.91, 1.27]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
RR 0.93 [0.83, 1.06]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
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
Survival rate (%) 86
9 studies
GRADE not reported
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
Survival rate (%) 49
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Restoration failure · Children (2-9 years) with caries in posterior primary teeth
Multi-surface ART restorations had a high reported mean annual failure rate (17%; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Restoration survival · Children with occlusoproximal caries in primary teeth
The reported pooled ART success estimate was 1.04.
1 finding from 1 review
Discomfort associated with the procedure · People with dental caries in primary teeth (mainly children)
The reported estimate for discomfort with ART versus conventional treatment was inconclusive (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Mean number of arrested caries surfaces
1 finding from 1 review