Pit and fissure sealants for preventing dental decay in permanent teeth

Cochrane Review 12 SoF Entries

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome	Effect	Participants	Studies	Certainty
Molar expansion Fixed appliance ((rapid expansion) banded Hyrax (tooth/tissue borne))	nan	-	-	Not assessed
Molar expansion (3 months after completion of expansion phase) Fixed appliance ((rapid expansion) banded Hyrax (tooth/tissue borne))	-0.7	-	-	Not assessed
nan Fixed appliance ((rapid expansion) banded Hyrax (tooth/tissue borne))	nan	-	-	Not assessed
Crossbite correction (Follow up after retention period, therefore, it was variable) Removable appliance	1.2	-	-	Not assessed
Molar expansion (mm) (Follow up after retention period, therefore, it was variable) Removable appliance	1.15	-	-	Not assessed
Canine expansion (mm) (Follow up after retention period, therefore, it was variable) Removable appliance	0.19	-	-	Not assessed
Crossbite correction observation	25.26	-	-	Not assessed
Molar expansion measured by intermolar distance observation	3.3	-	-	Not assessed
Canine expansion measured by intercanine distance observation	2.59	-	-	Not assessed
Length of treatment measured in months expansion plate	-3.15	-	-	Not assessed
Molar expansion measured by inter?molar distance tooth?borne expansion	-0.14	-	-	Not assessed
Canine expansion measured by inter?canine distance tooth?borne expansion	Not measured	-	-	Not assessed

High Very confident in the effect estimate

Moderate Moderately confident in the effect estimate

Low Limited confidence in the effect estimate

Very Low Very little confidence in the effect estimate

Review ID:	CD000979
Outcomes:	12 assessed