Table 2.
Analysis of the certainty of evidence from clinical trials included in the systematic review.
| Certainty assessment | № of patients | Effect | Certainty | Importance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | [Biodentin] | [No comparation] | Relative(95% CI) | Absolute(95% CI) | ||
| Clinical analysis of primary teeth submitted to pulpotomy | ||||||||||||
| 6 | randomised trials* | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | publication bias strongly suspectedvery strong association | 798/843 (94.7%) | --(95.151 to 97.600) | -- per 1.000(from -- to --) | ⨁⨁⨁⨁High | IMPORTANT | |
| Clinical analysis of permanent teeth submitted to direct pulp capping | ||||||||||||
| 3 | randomised trials | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | very strong association | 315/321 (98.1%) | --(95.5 to 99.0) | -- per 1.000(from -- to --) | ⨁⨁⨁⨁High | IMPORTANT | |
| Radiographic analysis of primary teeth submitted to pulpotomy | ||||||||||||
| 6 | randomised trials* | not serious | serious | not serious | not serious | very strong association | 763/839 (90.9%) | --(87.9 to 91.8) | -- per 1.000(from -- to --) | ⨁⨁⨁⨁High | IMPORTANT | |
| Clinical analysis of primary teeth submitted to indirect pulp capping | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | 203/205 (99.0%) | --(97.624 to 99.964) | -- per 1.000(from -- to --) | ⨁⨁⨁⨁High | IMPORTANT | |
| Radiographic analysis of permanent teeth submitted to indirect pulp capping | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | very strong association | 41/42 (97.6%) | --(93.629 to 99.838) | -- per 1.000(from -- to --) | ⨁⨁⨁⨁High | IMPORTANT | |
* The study by Caruso (et al., 2018), is the only work included that is a retrospective study.