Research gaps identified during systematic reviews of clinical trials: glass-ionomer cements

Mickenautsch, Steffen

doi:10.1186/1472-6831-12-18

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Research gaps abstraction worksheet related to trial precision

From: Research gaps identified during systematic reviews of clinical trials: glass-ionomer cements

SR	T	Reason for Gap			Population [P]	Intervention [I]	Comparison [C]	Outcome [O]	Setting [S]
SR	T	A	B	C	Population [P]	Intervention [I]	Comparison [C]	Outcome [O]	Setting [S]
Mickenautsch and Yengopal, 2011 [3]	[a]		x		Children, with permanent dentition Age 6–18 years, boys and girls, from various countries in Asia, Europe, South America	C-GIC based	Resin-based fissure sealant	Caries on pits and fissures	Standard dental clinical settings (Improvised dental setting at school premises in one trial)
Mickenautsch and Yengopal, 2011 [3]	[a]		x			fissure sealant	Resin-based fissure sealant	Caries on pits and fissures
Mickenautsch and Yengopal, 2011 [4]	[a]	x			Children, with permanent dentition Age 11–16 years, boys and girls, from Tanzania, Sweden, Syria	C-GIC tooth	Amalgam tooth restorations	Caries on restoration margins	Standard dental clinical settings (Improvised dental setting with portable equipment at a shaded open-air area in one trial)
	[a]	x				restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Caries on restoration margins
	[b]	x			Children, with primary dentition Age 5–13 years, boys and girls, from various countries in Asia and Europe	C-GIC tooth	Amalgam tooth restorations	Caries on restoration margins
	[b]	x				restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Caries on restoration margins
Mickenautsch et al., 2010 [5]	[a]	x			Patients with Class V restorations in permanent teeth	ART restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Restoration success	Standard dental clinical settings
	[b]				Patients with Class I restorations in permanent teeth	ART restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Restoration success
	[c]	x	x		Patients with Class II restorations in permanent teeth	ART restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Restoration success
	[d]				Patients with Class I restorations in primary teeth	ART restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Restoration success
	[e]	x			Patients with Class II restorations in primary teeth	ART restorations	Amalgam tooth restorations	Restoration success
Mickenautsch and Yengopal, 2010 [6]	[a]	x	x	x	Children, with permanent dentition Age 12–17 years, boys and girls,	RM-GIC restorations	Composite restoration (F)	Caries lesions on adjacent teeth	Standard dental clinical settings
Mickenautsch and Yengopal, 2010 [6]	[b]	x	x	x		RM-GIC restorations	Composite restoration (NF)	Caries lesions on adjacent teeth	Standard dental clinical settings
Yengopal and Mickenautsch, 2011 [7]	[a]	x	x		Orthodontic patients with fixed appliances on permanent teeth	RM-GIC bonding	Composite bonding (NF)	Caries lesions around orthodontic brackets	Standard dental clinical settings
	[b]	x	x		Patients with restorations in primary teeth	RM-GIC tooth	Composite restoration (F)	Caries on restoration margins
	[b]	x	x		Patients with restorations in primary teeth	restorations	Composite restoration (F)	Caries on restoration margins
	[c]	x	x		Patients with restorations in primary teeth	RM-GIC tooth	Composite restoration (NF)	Caries on restoration margins
	[c]	x	x		Patients with restorations in primary teeth	restorations	Composite restoration (NF)	Caries on restoration margins
	[d]	x	x		Patients with restorations in permanent teeth	RM-GIC tooth	Composite restoration (F)	Caries on restoration margins
	[d]	x	x		Patients with restorations in permanent teeth	restorations	Composite restoration (F)	Caries on restoration margins
	[e]	x	x		Patients with restorations in permanent teeth	RM-GIC tooth	Composite restoration (NF)	Caries on restoration margins
	[e]	x	x		Patients with restorations in permanent teeth	restorations	Composite restoration (NF)	Caries on restoration margins
Yengopal and Mickenautsch, 2011 [8]	[a]				Patients with permanent teeth	RM-GIC based fissure sealant	Resin-based fissure sealant	Caries free pits and fissures	Standard dental clinical settings (Improvised dental setting with portable equipment in one trial)
Mickenautsch et al., 2010 [9]	[a]				Patients with restorations in primary teeth	C-GIC tooth restorations	RM-GIC tooth restorations	Caries free restoration margins	Standard dental clinical settings
Mickenautsch et al., 2010 [9]	[b]	x			Patients with restorations in permanent teeth	C-GIC tooth restorations	RM-GIC tooth restorations	Caries free restoration margins	Standard dental clinical settings
Mickenautsch et al., 2010 [10]	[a]	x		x	Patients with deep cavities in permanent teeth	RM-GIC tooth restorations	CaOH tooth restorations	Pulp response	Standard dental clinical settings
Mickenautsch et al., 2010 [10]	[a]	x		x	Patients with deep cavities in permanent teeth	in deep cavities	in deep cavities	Pulp response	Standard dental clinical settings

SR = Systematic review, A = Imprecision of results; B = Inconsistency of results; C = Lack of right information; GIC = Glass-ionomer cement; RM-GIC = Resin-modified GIC; C-GIC = Conventional GIC; ART = Atraumatic restorative treatment (C-GIC based); (F) = Containing fluoride; (NF) = Not containing fluoride; T = Topic; CaOH = Calcium hydroxide cement.

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