Efficacy of antiseptics and chemomechanical methods for dentin caries lesions: A systematic review with GRADE approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Selective caries removal aims to remove carious tissue in deep dentin lesions. However, a discussion stands on the value of antiseptics and chemomechanical adjuvant methods to reduce the bacterial load on residual caries lesions. This systematic review has addressed two main clinical questions to compare the antimicrobial efficacy of available methods using (1) antiseptic or (2) chemomechanical agents before restoring dentin carious lesions.

Methods

We included randomized and non-randomized controlled trials (RCTs/ NRCTs). We searched eight databases from inception to October 2021. Paired reviewers independently screened studies, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias. The primary outcome was the reduction in the number of total bacterial in dentin, whereas

SUBMITTER: Ferreira LAQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992646 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature