A Systematic Review of Root Canal Filling Materials for Deciduous Teeth: Is There an Alternative for Zinc Oxide-Eugenol?

Table 2

Criteria used for critical appraisal of the included studies.

Criteria	Description
Participants	Criteria used for inclusion of participants in the study and settings and locations where the data was collected
Sample size	How sample size was estimated
Equivalence of study groups at baseline	Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of trial groups
Outcomes	Clinical and radiographic criteria used to evaluate treatment success; methods used to enhance the quality of measurements
Intervention	Detailed description of the interventions administered for each group (i.e., ZOE group and comparison group using another root canal filling material)
Followup	Duration of followup; description of protocol deviations
Statistical analysis	Methods used to compare groups for primary outcome
Randomization	Assignment of participants to the groups in the trial by a method the uses the play of chance
Blinding	Process of preventing those involved in the trial from knowing to which comparison group a particular participant belongs
Withdrawals	Description of characteristics of participants lost to followup