Early implant failure · Adults with missing teeth who received osseointegrated root-formed oral implants, functionally loaded and followed for at least 1 year
Turned (smoother) implant surfaces showed no clear difference in early implant failure compared with roughened implant surfaces (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Peri-implantitis · Adults with missing teeth who received osseointegrated root-formed oral implants, functionally loaded and followed for at least 1 year
Turned (smoother) implant surfaces may leads to lower peri-implantitis compared with roughened implant surfaces (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Implant failure · Adults with missing teeth who received osseointegrated root-formed oral implants, functionally loaded and followed for at least 1 year
1 finding from 1 review
Primary pairwise data unusable (implant numbers per surface not disclosed); one turned implant failed early. Data used only for the turned-vs-roughened secondary analysis (Wennstrom 2004)
1 study · 51 participants
GRADE not reported
Implant failure · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Implant surface smoothening added to systemic antibiotics +… showed no clear difference in implant failure compared with no implant surface smoothening (same surgical protocol); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Complications and side effects · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy on surfaces with pit and fissure sealants · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Change in probing attachment level (PAL) · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Er:YAG laser surface debridement before bone augmentation showed no clear difference in change in probing attachment level (PAL gain) compared with plastic curettes plus saline solution before bone augmentation; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Complications and side effects · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Er:YAG laser surface debridement before bone augmentation led to lower complications and side effects compared with plastic curettes plus saline solution before bone augmentation; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
All patients experienced flap exposure during healing, not associated with infective complications; one patient had a slight pigmentation of the peri-implant soft tissues.
1 study · 30 participants
GRADE not reported
Implant failure · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
1 finding from 1 review
Change in probing pocket depth (PPD) · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Er:YAG laser surface debridement before bone augmentation showed no clear difference in change in probing pocket depth (PPD reduction) compared with plastic curettes plus saline solution before bone augmentation; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Change in soft tissue recession (REC) · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Er:YAG laser surface debridement before bone augmentation showed no clear difference in change in soft tissue recession (REC) compared with plastic curettes plus saline solution before bone augmentation; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
dmfs index score (decayed, missing, filled primary surfaces; range 0-80) · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6 years…
Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and… showed no clear difference in dmfs index score (decayed, missing, filled primary surfaces; range… compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy on surfaces with pit and fissure sealants · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with 24-month recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: number of tooth surfaces with any caries (ICDAS 1-6) compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of dentinal carious lesion on treated occlusal surfaces of molars or premolars (yes/no) · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)
It is very uncertain whether resin-based fissure sealant (visible-light-polymerized) changes incidence of dentinal carious lesion on treated occlusal surfaces of… compared with fluoride varnish (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Change in DMF increment on occlusal surfaces of first permanent molars · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)
Resin-modified glass ionomer fissure sealant plus oral health… showed no clear difference in change in DMF increment on occlusal surfaces of first permanent molars compared with fluoride varnish plus oral health education; GRADE not reported.
2 findings from 1 review
MD 0.07 [-0.03, 0.17]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MD 0.23 [0.02, 0.44]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: number of tooth surfaces with any caries (ICDAS 1-6) compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in DMFS (decayed, missing and filled permanent surfaces) increment · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)
Resin-based fissure sealant led to lower change in DMFS (decayed, missing and filled permanent surfaces)… compared with fluoride varnish; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) by subgroup: Smooth or secondary-caries surfaces (detection of early enamel caries, D1 threshold) · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: number of tooth surfaces with any caries (ICDAS 1-6) compared with clinical examination with 24-month recall (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review