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Survival percentages of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) restorations and sealants in posterior teeth: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Oral Investigations volume 22, pages 2703–2725 (2018)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective

The aim of the present study is to update the results of two previous meta-analyses, published in 2006 and 2012, on the survival percentages of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) restorations and ART sealants. The current meta-analysis includes Chinese publications not investigated before.

Materials and methods

Until February 2017, six databases were interrogated (two English, one Portuguese, one Spanish and two Chinese). Using six exclusion criteria, a group of six independent reviewers selected 43 publications from a total of 1958 potentially relevant studies retrieved. Confidence intervals and/or standard errors were calculated and the heterogeneity variance of the survival rates was estimated.

Results

The survival percentages and standard errors of single-surface and multiple-surface ART restorations in primary posterior teeth over the first 2 years were 94.3% (± 1.5) and 65.4% (± 3.9), respectively; for single-surface ART restorations in permanent posterior teeth over the first 3 years, they were 87.1% (± 3.2); and for multiple-surface ART restorations in permanent posterior teeth over the first 5 years, they were 77% (± 9.0). The mean annual dentine-carious-lesion-failure percentages in previously sealed pits and fissures using ART sealants in permanent posterior teeth over the first 3 and 5 years were 0.9 and 1.9%, respectively.

Conclusions

ART single-surface restorations presented high survival percentages in both primary and permanent posterior teeth, whilst ART multiple-surface restorations presented lower survival percentages. ART sealants presented a high-caries-preventive effect.

Clinical relevance

ART is an effective evidence-based option for treating and preventing carious lesions in primary and permanent posterior teeth.

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We would like to thank all the authors of the studies that made up the database for the current meta-analysis. Special thanks go to Dr. Ewald Bronkhorst for skillful analysis of the data.

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  1. Department of Oral Function and Prosthetic Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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de Amorim, R.G., Frencken, J.E., Raggio, D.P. et al. Survival percentages of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) restorations and sealants in posterior teeth: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Oral Invest 22, 2703–2725 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-018-2625-5

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Keywords

  • Sealant
  • Restoration
  • Atraumatic restorative treatment
  • Survival
  • Meta-analysis
  • Systematic review