Table 5.

Consensus-based recommendation 2

Both relative and absolute isolation techniques can be successfully used to control contamination in direct composite restorations on permanent teeth. Contamination control with a rubber dam (absolute isolation) could have a positive effect on the longevity of the restorations in the long term. Vote: 16/0/0 (yes, no, abstention)	Strong consensus
Further reading: Brunthaler et al., 2003,7 Cajazeira et al., 2014,9 Daudt et al., 2013,18 Loguercio et al., 2015,35 Mahn et al., 2015,39 Miao et al., 2021,40 Raskin et al., 2000,46 Sabbagh et al., 2017,47 Smales et al., 1992,57 Wang et al., 201660