Interventions for caries in primary teeth; mapping reported outcomes in clinical trials over the last 30 years
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Background Dental caries (tooth decay) is the most prevalent disease in school age children and carries a burden of pain and infection. Clinical trials investigating interventions (fillings and other caries management techniques) to mitigate these have no agreed core outcome set making research design difficult and complicating evidence synthesis. The first step in addressing these issues is to map the current status.
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