evidence/gaps
Primary study · included by 2 reviews

Effect of CO2 Laser on the Prevention of White Spot Lesions During Fixed Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Mahmoudzadeh et al. 2019 · Mahmoudzadeh Majid, Alijani Sara, Soufi Loghman Rezaei, et al. · Turkish journal of orthodontics · 2019

PubMed 31565692doi:10.5152/turkjorthod.2019.18052Journal 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

Distribution of initial caries lesions in relation to fixed orthodontic therapy. A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · aetiology · 2024 · cited as Mahmoudzadeh et al. 2019 · Table 1 and Table 2 (included studies); reference [44]

The review does not say which of its outcomes this study informs.

Clinical and ex-vivo effect of LASERs on prevention of early-enamel caries: systematic review & meta-analyses.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2024 · cited as Mahmoudzadeh, 2019 · Table 2 (as 'Zadeh et al.'); Reference 18
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Incidence of new white spot lesions (WSLs)
Low-power CO2 laser irradiation (LLLT, 0.5 to 2 W) vs Placebo / no laser (control) · 3 to 18 months follow-up
OR 0.21 [0.15, 0.30]3 studies · 182 participantsUngraded

2 including reviews in total.