SynthesisEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2010
Resin-modified glass-ionomer cements versus resin-based materials as fissure sealants: a meta-analysis of clinical trials.
Synthesis in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of prophylactic sealing of pits and fissures of permanent teeth with fissure sealants - umbrella review.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Validity of sealant retention as surrogate for caries prevention--a systematic review.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Caries-preventive effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) versus composite resin: a quantitative systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2011Pooled it
- Effect of erosive conditions on different sealant materials used in paediatric dentistry.Brazilian oral research · 2024Article
- Quality of abstract of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in paediatric dentistry journals.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2019Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Dental Practitioners Pertaining to Preventive Measures in Paediatric Patients.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Effect of two prophylaxis methods on marginal gap of Cl Vresin-modified glass-ionomer restorations.Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects · 2016Article
- Dental Sealants: Knowledge, Value, Opinion, and Practice among Dental Professionals of Bathinda City, India.Advances in preventive medicine · 2014Article
- Dental sealant knowledge, opinion, values and practice of Spanish dentists.BMC oral health · 2013Article
- Retention loss of resin based fissure sealants - a valid predictor for clinical outcome?The open dentistry journal · 2013Article
- Minimal intervention dentistry for managing dental caries - a review: report of a FDI task group.International dental journal · 2012Review
- Research gaps identified during systematic reviews of clinical trials: glass-ionomer cements.BMC oral health · 2012Article
- Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological proposition.BMC research notes · 2012Article
- Tooth Decay Prevention: Knowledge and Practices Survey of Dental Students.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
- Knowledge Analysis of Pit and Fissure Sealants among the Dental Students of South India.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
aimTo appraise quantitatively current evidence regarding the caries-preventing effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) fissure sealants in comparison to that of resin-based fissure sealants. STUDY
designSystematic review with meta-analysis.
methods8 Anglophone databases and 2 Lusophone databases were searched until 15 April 2009, using a pre-determined search strategy. Clinical trials were considered for inclusion if their titles/abstracts were relevant to the topic, published in English, Portuguese or Spanish and had a two-arm longitudinal study design. The outcome measure of the caries-preventive effect was caries absence on sealed teeth. Two reviewers independently extracted data from the accepted articles in order to complete a 2x2 table for meta-analysis. The unit of interest was the tooth, and the number of caries-free teeth (n) at the end of each time interval (6, 12 and 24 months) was compared against the total number of evaluated teeth (N). STATISTICS: Datasets were assessed for their clinical and methodological heterogeneity, following Cochrane guidelines, and only homogeneous datasets were combined for meta-analysis, using a random effects model (RevMan 4.2). Differences in the caries-preventive effect were computed on the basis of the combined Relative Risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsOf the 212 articles identified, only 6 trials were included. From these, 19 separate datasets were extracted. For the pooled data, equivalent caries-preventive effects were observed at 6 months (RR= 0.98, 95% CI 0.95- 1.00; p = 0.08); 12 months (RR=1.00, 95% CI 0.96-1.04, p = 0.99) and 24 months (RR=1.01, 95% CI 0.84-1.21, p = 0.91). The 36-month data (not pooled) favoured resin-based sealants (RR 0.93, 95% CI 0.88-0.97, p = 0.002).
conclusionsThis meta-analysis found no conclusive evidence that either material was superior to the other in preventing dental caries.
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