Primary study · included by 1 review
A microbiological study of primary root-caries lesions with different treatment needs.
Beighton 1993 · Beighton D, Lynch E, Heath M R · Journal of dental research · 1993
Trial PICO
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Results
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Included by
| Outcome this study informs | Pooled effect | Evidence | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
total microbial load (log10 CFU) color contrast: black vs dark brown/light brown/yellow vs hardness contrast: soft vs medium/hard | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | WMD -3.867 [-4.461, -2.874] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | WMD -4.446 [-5.241, -3.650] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | WMD -0.067 [-1.877, 1.743] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | Only one study (Beighton et al.) permitted this comparison: the mean log10 CFU difference was 2.32 for the colour contrast (black vs rest) versus 3.72 for the hardness contrast (soft vs medium/hard); hardness appeared… | 1 study | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | WMD -4.741 [-4.979, -4.502] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
Discriminant power for caries severity: mean difference in log10 CFU (microbial load) between lesion categories Colour clinical examination (visual shade categorization: yellow, light brown, dark brown, black) vs Hardness clinical examination (tactile texture categorization: soft, medium/leathery, hard) | WMD -3.369 [-3.595, -3.143] | 2 studies | Ungraded |
1 including review in total.