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ReviewThe Japanese dental science review2025

Are resin sealants effective to treat caries lesions in the outer 1/3 of dentin compared to composite resin restorations? Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Larissa Yumi Ito, Letícia Simeoni Avais, Elis Carolina Pacheco, Leticia Maira Wambier, Alexandra Mara de Paula, Taíse Alessandra Hanzen, Alessandra Reis, Denise Stadler Wambier, Ana Cláudia Rodrigues Chibinski

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Review in The Japanese dental science review, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Larissa Yumi ItoDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Letícia Simeoni AvaisDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Elis Carolina PachecoDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Leticia Maira WambierDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Alexandra Mara de PaulaDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Taíse Alessandra HanzenDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Alessandra ReisDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Denise Stadler WambierDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.
Ana Cláudia Rodrigues ChibinskiDepartament of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review analyzed effectiveness of resin sealants in arresting caries lesions in the outer 1/3 of dentin compared to restorations in deciduous/permanent teeth. Seven databases were searched for randomized clinical trials (December/2024), considering the outcomes "caries progression", "material retention", "tertiary dentin formation", with a minimum 6 months follow-up. Risk of bias was assessed with RoB 2; meta-analysis used risk difference as effect measure in random effects model and Cochran Q test / I

Indexed as

Dental restorationMeta-analysisPit and fissure sealantsSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID40893647
PMCPMC12391737

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