Interventions for treating recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Interventions for treating recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Cochrane Review 7 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Success of local anaesthesia, measured by the absence of pain during a procedure using a visual analogue scale or other appropriate method (clinical testing of diseased pulps with irreversible pulpitis)
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
1.6 - - Not assessed
Speed of onset of anaesthesia
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
nan - - Not assessed
Duration of anaesthesia
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
nan - - Not assessed
Adverse effects: pain on injection (solution deposition)
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
4.74 - - Not assessed
Adverse effects: pain following injection
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
6.41 - - Not assessed
Adverse effects: paraesthesia following injection
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
nan - - Not assessed
Adverse effects: allergy to local anaesthetic
2% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine
nan - - Not assessed
GRADE Certainty of Evidence:
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 Information

Review ID: CD006487
Outcomes: 7 assessed

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Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 7