Primary study · included by 1 review

Split‐mouth study of sealant retention with carbon dioxide laser versus acid etch conditioning

Walsh 1996 · Walsh L. J. · Australian Dental Journal · 1996

doi:10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb05925.xjournal-article

Trial PICO

Not extracted yet. Trial-level population, intervention, comparator, outcomes and design will appear here after the trial extraction run. Until then, the reviews below describe the study.

Results

Not extracted yet. Per-trial results (events, means, effect and weight as each review's forest plot reports them) will appear here after the trial extraction run.

Included by

The clinical effects of laser preparation of tooth surfaces for fissure sealants placement: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2019 · cited as Walsh 1996 · Table 1; Reference 25 (carbon dioxide laser vs acid-etching; retention rate; also informs P1-O4 clinical time)

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 18 months	OR 0.82 [0.23, 2.85]	1 study · 16 participants	Ungraded
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 6 months	OR 1.22 [0.69, 2.16]	3 studies · 80 participants	Ungraded
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 12 months	OR 1.05 [0.61, 1.80]	3 studies · 73 participants	Ungraded
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 3 months	OR 2.78 [0.87, 8.91]	2 studies · 65 participants	Ungraded
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 9 months	OR 1.15 [0.63, 2.10]	1 study · 43 participants	Ungraded
Sealant retention rate (completely retained) Laser enamel preparation alone (Er,Cr:YSGG or CO2 laser) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) · 24 months	OR 0.87 [0.31, 2.45]	1 study · 16 participants	Ungraded

1 including review in total.