Cochrane · intervention · CD008003

Interventions for the management of external root resorption

Ahangari, Z, Nasser, M, Mahdian, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Oral Health Endodontics and dental trauma3 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

Full textEvery question was extracted from the full review (methods and results), not only its Summary of Findings table.

Questions

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

as reported

No studies 1 · 100%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Review question

Element	Planned (methods)	Found (results)
Population	Participants with single and multiple permanent teeth with evidence of any type of external root resorption irrespective of its aetiology, confirmed by clinical and radiological examination	No included studies
Intervention	Root canal medications and canal filling; Splinting; Extraction of teeth; Surgical removal of any relevant pathology	No included studies
Comparison	Each other; Placebo; No treatment	No included studies
Outcomes	Change in the amount of root resorption visible on radiological examination; Number of teeth extracted at any follow-up period; Pain/discomfort (patient-assessed, validated pain scale); Tooth mobility; Infection (abscess, inflammation, fistulae); Number of visits; Quality of life or patient satisfaction (validated questionnaire); Adverse effects	No included studies
Study designs	Randomised controlled trials (RCTs)	No included studies
Timing	Any follow-up period	No included studies

Search date: 2015-10. Databases: The Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register; The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); MEDLINE via OVID; EMBASE via OVID; US National Institutes of Health Trials Register (ClinicalTrials.gov); WHO Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Questions and results

Current version only

Root canal medications and canal filling, splinting, extraction of teeth, or surgical removal of any relevant pathology vs Each other, placebo, or no treatment

Population: Patients with single and multiple permanent teeth with evidence of any type of external root resorption irrespective of its aetiology, confirmed by clinical and radiological examination

CD008003.PUB3 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR Any follow-up period same question in other reviews	None of the studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria and therefore no data analysis was conducted. (Main results: no RCTs that met the inclusion criteria were identified; one ongoing study, NCT00423956, potentially…	0 studies	No studies

Root canal medications and canal filling, splinting, extraction of teeth, or surgical removal of any relevant pathology vs Each other, placebo, or no treatment

Population: Patients with single and multiple permanent teeth with evidence of any type of external root resorption irrespective of its aetiology, confirmed by clinical and radiological examination

CD008003.PUB2 · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR Any follow-up period	None of the studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria and therefore no data analysis was conducted. (Main results: 66 trials were identified in our searches, none of which matched our inclusion criteria; one ongoing…	0 studies	No studies

Root canal medications and canal filling, splinting, extraction of teeth, or surgical removal of any relevant pathology vs Each other, placebo, or no treatment

Population: Patients with single and multiple permanent teeth with evidence of any type of external root resorption irrespective of its aetiology, confirmed by clinical and radiological examination

CD008003 · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Outcome NR Any follow-up period	Protocol only; no search or data analysis conducted at this stage. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of any interventions used in the management of external root resorption in permanent teeth.	NR	No studies