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Primary prevention of dental erosion by calcium and fluoride: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Zini A,
Krivoroutski Y,
Vered Y
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of dental hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1601-5037
pISSN - 1601-5029
DOI - 10.1111/idh.12049
Subject(s) - medicine , tooth erosion , dentistry , medline , meta analysis , erosion , randomized controlled trial , cochrane library , systematic review , medical literature , enamel paint , surgery , pathology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
Background Overviews of the current literature only provide summaries of existing relevant preventive strategies for dental erosion. Objectives To perform a systematic review according to the quantitative meta‐analysis method of the scientific literature on prevention of dental erosion. The focused question will address primary prevention of dental erosion by calcium and fluoride. Materials and methods Randomized clinical trials ( RCT s) regarding dental erosion prevention. The search included five databases: E mbase, C ochrane database of systematic reviews, P ub M ed ( MEDLINE ), FDA publication and Berman medical library of the H ebrew U niversity. The search included data in the E nglish language, with effect on preventing dental erosion always presented as mean enamel loss and measured by profilometer. Statistical meta‐analysis was performed by S tats D irect program and PEPI statistical software. Fixed‐ and random‐effect models were used to analyse the data. Heterogeneity tests were employed to validate the fixed‐effect model assumption. Results A total of 475 articles on dental erosion prevention were located. A four‐stage selection process was employed, and 10 RCT articles were found to be suitable for meta‐analysis. Conclusions The number of studies on prevention of dental erosion maintaining standards of evidence‐based dentistry remains insufficient to reach any definite conclusions. The focused questions of this review cannot be addressed according to the existing literature.