Evaluation of the effectiveness of prophylactic sealing of pits and fissures of permanent teeth with fissure sealants - umbrella review.

BMC Oral Health · 2023 · PMC10612169 · PMID 37891656

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borderline significantno p-value reported

In the Mickenautsh 2016 publication, the authors, based on 2 CTs, showed a borderline significant reduced probability of caries incidence when using high-viscosity GI compared to resin-based FS after 60 months of follow-up RR = 0.29 [95%CI: (0.09–0.95)].

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

The result of the synthesis of the included studies did not reach statistical significance (OR = 0.67 [95%CI: (0.37–1.19)]).

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