Falk Schwendicke1. 1. Associate Professor, Charité - University of Medicine, Department of Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Aßmannshauser Str. 4-6, 14197 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: +49 030 450 662556; fax: +49 030 450 7562556. Electronic address: falk.schwendicke@charite.de.
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ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on chemomechanical caries removal. Hamama, H., et al.Oper Dent 2015;40(4):E167-178. REVIEWER: Falk Schwendicke, DDS, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: How valid were the methodologies of studies on chemomechnical caries removal, and is chemomechanical caries removal more time-consuming than conventional hand or rotary excavation? SOURCE OF FUNDING: Information not available TYPE OF STUDY/ DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis of data LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3: Other evidence STRENGTH OF RECOMMENDATION GRADE: Grade C (no patient-centered/relevant outcomes).
ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on chemomechanical caries removal. Hamama, H., et al.Oper Dent 2015;40(4):E167-178. REVIEWER: Falk Schwendicke, DDS, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: How valid were the methodologies of studies on chemomechnical caries removal, and is chemomechanical caries removal more time-consuming than conventional hand or rotary excavation? SOURCE OF FUNDING: Information not available TYPE OF STUDY/ DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis of data LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3: Other evidence STRENGTH OF RECOMMENDATION GRADE: Grade C (no patient-centered/relevant outcomes).