Review Article
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 |
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