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Table 1 Newly scientific evidence. Brief description of the randomized controlled trials that will be used to guide the DCE-interventions instrument, detailing the conditions and interventions tested in each of them

From: How different attributes are weighted in professionals’ decision-making in Pediatric Dentistry—a protocol for guiding discrete choice experiment focused on shortening the evidence-based practice implementation for dental care

NCT or REBEC

(PMID)*

Condition

Age

(n)

Intervention group

Control Group

Follow-up (months)

Primary outcome

Secondary outcomes

02078453

(32,450,979)

Caries lesions detection and diagnosis(1)

3–6

(252)

Visual Inspection

Visual Inspection and bite-wing radiographs.

24

Surfaces with operative treatment needed

• New carious lesion;

• Repairs needed;

• Pain episodes;

• Extractions;

• Oral health-related quality of life

• Economic

02473107

( - )

Initial carious lesions detection (2)

3–6

(260)

Detection and treatment based on all lesions severity

Detection and treatment based on advanced carious lesions

24

Surfaces with operative treatment needed

• Economic

• Discomfort

• Oral health-related quality of life

03520309

(32,615,237)

Carious lesions associated with restorations (3)

3–10

(550 restorations)

Caries Around Restorations System (CARS) and International Caries Classification and Management System (ICCMS)

International Dental Federation (FDI)

24

Restorations with operative intervention needed.

• Restorations survival;

• Repair needed;

• Restoration substitution needed;

• Carious lesion associated with restorations;

• Pul inflamation symptons;

• Economic;

• Oral health-related quality of life.

02274142

(34,301,217)

Restorations survival(4)

3–10

(324 restorations)

Encapsulated GIC (Equia Fill®, GC Europe)

Hand-mixed GIC (Fuji IX®, GC Europe )

24

Restoration survival

• Economic

02789202

( - )

Non-frankly cavitated carious lesions(5)

1–3

(100)

Silver Diamine Fluoride

Fluoride varnish

24

progression to dentin carious lesions

• Patient’s acceptability

(VAS scale)

• Economic

02569047

(33,176,756)

Occluso-proximal carious lesions(6)

5–10

(131)

Hall Technique

Atraumatic Restorative Technique

36

Restoration survival

• Discomfort

• Patient’ acceptability

• Occlusal Vertical Dimension

• Oral health-related quality of life.

03005405

( - )

Moderate carious lesion(7)

3–6

(101)

GIC

sealant

GIC Restoration

24

Reintervention needed

• Discomfort

• (Wong-Baker scale)

• Economic

02377297

(32,758,684)

Restoring occlusal dentin caries lesions in primary molars [8]

4–8

(150)

Vitro Molar (nova DFL)/ Maxxion R (FGM)

Fuji IX Gold Label

(GC Corp)

24

Restoration survival

• DMFT

• Economic

  1. NCT—Number ClinicalTrials.gov.
  2. N—Sample Size.
  3. GIC—Glass Ionomer Cement.
  4. DMFT - Decayed, Missing due to caries, and Filled Teeth.
  5. VAS—Visual Analogue Scale.
  6. REBEC - The Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry / Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos.
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  8. 2. Martins IFN. Impacto da detecção de lesões iniciais e da avaliação da atividade de cárie em dentes decíduos: estudo controlado randomizado (CARDEC-02) com 1 ano de seguimento: Universidade de Sâo Paulo; 2017.
  9. 3. Moro BLP, Freitas RD, Pontes LRA, Passaro AL, Lenzi TL, Tedesco TK, et al. Influence of different clinical criteria on the decision to replace restorations in primary teeth. Journal of dentistry. 2020;101:103421.
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  12. 6. Araujo MP, Innes NP, Bonifacio CC, Hesse D, Olegario IC, Mendes FM, et al. Atraumatic restorative treatment compared to the Hall Technique for occluso-proximal carious lesions in primary molars; 36-month follow-up of a randomised control trial in a school setting. BMC oral health. 2020;20 [1]:318.
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