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Table 2 Case study: web of beliefs components

From: Coherence of evidence from systematic reviews as a basis for evidence strength - a case study in support of an epistemological proposition

Category

Component

Symbol

Test material

Resin-modified GIC

T1

 

Conventional GIC

T2

Control material

Resin

C1

 

Composite resin

C2

 

Amalgam

C3

 

Other

C4

Treatment type

Tooth restoration

TN1

 

Tooth pits and fissure sealant

TN2

Outcome measure

Tooth remineralisation

OM1

 

Absence of carious tooth lesions

OM2

 

Tooth restoration survival

OM3

  1. GIC glass-ionomer cement