Vital and Nonvital Pulp Therapy in Primary Dentition: An Umbrella Review

Dental caries is the most common non-communicable disease in children with significant aesthetic, functional, and quality of life deterioration. Depending on the depth, two approaches may be considered in primary dentition: vital pulp therapy (VPT) or non-vital therapy (NPT). This umbrella review ai...

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Published inJournal of clinical medicine Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 85
Main Authors Lopes, Luísa Bandeira, Calvão, Catarina, Vieira, Filipa Salema, Neves, João Albernaz, Mendes, José João, Machado, Vanessa, Botelho, João
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 24.12.2021
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Clinical medicine
Dentin
Review
Subject heading schemes
Success
Systematic review
Teeth
endodontics
oral health
umbrella review
dental medicine
systematic review
pediatric dentistry
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Summary:Dental caries is the most common non-communicable disease in children with significant aesthetic, functional, and quality of life deterioration. Depending on the depth, two approaches may be considered in primary dentition: vital pulp therapy (VPT) or non-vital therapy (NPT). This umbrella review aimed to critically assess the available systematic reviews (SRs) on VPT and NPT. An electronic database search was conducted (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, and LILACS) until June 2021. The Risk of Bias (RoB) of SRs was analyzed using the Measurement Tool to Assess SRs criteria 2 (AMSTAR2). From 272 entries, 33 SRs were included. Regarding the methodological quality, three studies were critically low, nine low, seventeen moderate, and six were rated as high quality. The quality of evidence produced by the available SRs was moderate. Future high standard SRs and well-designed clinical trials are warranted to better elucidate the clinical protocols and outcomes of VPT and NPT.
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ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm11010085