Table 8.

Survival results (in percent) and 95% CI of ART restorations using high-viscosity glass ionomers in posterior teeth by type of restoration, year of survival and year of meta-analysis

Type of ART restoration	Survival years	N pubs in meta-analysis, June 2005	Survival	95% CI	N pubs in meta-analysis, February 2010	Survival	95% CI
Single surface in primary teeth	1	7	95	94–97	9	95	91–98
	2	7	91	88–93	6	93	91–94
	3	1	86	83–90	2	66	13–99
Multiple surfaces in primary teeth	1	7	73	70–77	8	71	60–80
	2	6	59	55–64	6	62	51–73
	3	1	49	44–54	2	31	2–77
Single surface in permanent teeth	1	10	97	97–98	15	96	94–97
	2	10	94	92–95	13	93	89–95
	3	5	92	90–93	6	85	77–91
	4	3	85	82–87	3	86	78–93
	5	2	79	76–83	3	80	76–83
	6	2	72	67–76	2	72	67–76
Multiple surfaces in permanent teeth	1	0			3	86	59–98
	2	0			1	41	18–67
	3	0			0
	4	0			0
	5	0			1	77	56–92

N pubs number of publications