Cochrane · systematic review · CD010076
Dental auxiliaries for dental care traditionally provided by dentists
Dyer, TA, Brocklehurst, P, Glenny, AM, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
Effective Practice and Organisation of CareAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
2
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 100%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.
Questions and results
Dental auxiliaries compared with dentists for dental care traditionally provided by dentists
Population: people requiring dental care (preventive resin fissure sealants)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Retention rates of preventive resin fissure sealants Dental auxiliaries vs dentists | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 6 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Survival rates of ART Dental auxiliaries vs dentists | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 7 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |