Primary study · included by 1 review

Evaluation of Papacarie®, Carie-Care™, BRIX3000™ and conventional hand instrumentation for caries removal in primary teeth: a randomized control study.

Gupta 2024 · Gupta Nikita, Marwah Nikhil, Nigam Anant, et al. · The Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024

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Comparative efficacy of chemomechanical caries removal and conventional mechanical caries removal for the treatment of primary molar caries in children: a meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Gupta 2024 · Table 1; reference list; forest plots Figs. 3 to 9
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Operative time
Chemomechanical caries removal (CMCR), any agent vs Conventional mechanical caries removal (bur, curette or polymer bur)
SMD 1.89 [0.99, 2.79]10 studiesGRADE not reported
Operative time
Chemomechanical caries removal (CMCR), any agent vs Conventional mechanical caries removal (bur, curette or polymer bur)
SMD 2.75 [0.78, 4.73]4 studiesGRADE not reported
Operative time
Chemomechanical caries removal (CMCR), any agent vs Conventional mechanical caries removal (bur, curette or polymer bur)
SMD 2.1 [1.31, 2.89]14 studies · 1209 participantsModerate

1 including review in total.