Table 2.

List of clinical studies published in the past 5 years

Study	Sclerotic dentin	Categorization of lesion size	Sample size calculation	Randomization	Mechanical surface preparation	Enamel bevel	USPHS criteria	Recall rate	Inter-evaluator rating
Van Meerbeek et al.[23]	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	+	–
Kubo et al.[24]	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	–	–
Abdalla and Garcia-Gody[25]	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	+
Loguercio et al.[26]	+	+	–	+	–	–	+	–	+
Burrow and Tyas[27]	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	–
Kurokawa et al.[28]	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	–
Loguercio et al.[29]	+	+	+	+	–	–	+	+	+
Sugizaki et al.[30]	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	–
Peumans et al.[31]	+	+	–	+	+	+	–	+	–
van Dijken et al.[32]	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	+	+
Pollington and van Noort[33]	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	–
Türkün and Celik[34]	–	+	–	–	–	–	+	–	–
van Dijken et al.[35]	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	+	–
Van Landuyt et al.[36]	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	–
Ritter et al.[37]	+	+	–	–	+	–	+	+	–
Kubo et al.[38]	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	–
Reis et al.[39]	–	+	+	+	–	–	+	+	+
Reis et al.[40]	+	+	+	+	–	–	+	–	+
Ritter et al.[41]	+	+	–	+	+	–	+	+	–
Wilder et al.[42]	+	+	–	+	+	–	+	+	–
Loguercio et al.[43]	+	+	+	+	–	–	+	–	+
Kubo et al.[44]	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	–
Yazici et al.[45]	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	–