Guideline ID | Guideline development organisation | Guideline name | Contains recommendations on management of | Endorse preventive resin restorations? | Mention/ endorse silver diamine fluoride (SDF)? | Endorse therapeutic sealants? | Mean AGREE II score (overall quality) from a maximum of 7 indicating highest quality | Recommend guideline for use? | |||||
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Primary teeth | Permanent teeth | ||||||||||||
Early carious lesions | Deep carious lesions (> 1/3 into dentine) | Carious lesions into pulp | Early carious lesions | Deep carious lesions (> 1/3 into dentine) | Carious lesions into pulp | ||||||||
1 | AAPD | Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Pit-and-Fissure Sealants | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Not discussed | No | Yes | 6.5 | Yes |
2 | AAPD | Use of Vital Pulp Therapies in Primary Teeth with Deep Caries Lesions | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Not discussed | No | Not discussed | 5 | Yes |
3 | AAPD | Use of Silver Diamine Fluoride for Dental Caries Management in Children and Adolescents, Including Those with Special Health Care Needs | No | Yes (unclear on depth) | No | No | No | No | Not discussed | Yes/ Yes | Not discussed | 5 | Yes |
4 | SDCEP | Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not discussed | No | Yes | 7 | Yes |
5 | AAPD | Use of Non-Vital Pulp Therapies in Primary Teeth | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Not discussed | No | Not discussed | 6 | Yes |
6 | AAPD | Pulp Therapy for Primary and Immature Permanent Teeth | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not discussed/ No | No | Not discussed | 4.5 | Yes |
7 | AAPD | Pediatric Restorative Dentistry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes/ Yes | Not discussed | 5 | Yes |
8 | AAPD | Caries-Risk Assessment and Management for Infants, Children, and Adolescents | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Not discussed | Yes/Yes | Not discussed | 2.6* | Yes |
9 | EAPD | Best clinical practice guidance for treating deep carious lesions in primary teeth: an EAPD policy document | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes/Yes | No | 3 | No |
10 | IAPD | Management of Early Childhood Caries: Foundational Articles and Recommendations | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Not discussed | Yes/Yes | Yes | 2 | No |
11 | IAPD | Pulp Therapy for Primary and Young Permanent Teeth: Foundational Articles and Recommendations | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Not discussed | 1.5 | No |
12 | IAPD | Hall Technique for Crown Placement in Primary Molars: Foundational Articles and Recommendations | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Not discussed | No | Not discussed | 1.5 | No |
13 | IAPD | Atraumatic Restorative Treatment: Foundational Articles and Recommendations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not discussed | No | Not discussed | 1 | No |
14 | IAPD | Minimal Invasive Dentistry: Foundations Articles and consensus recommendations | Unclear | Unclear | No | Unclear | Unclear | No | Not discussed | Yes | Not discussed | 1 | No |
16 | IAPD | Management of severe early childhood caries | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Not discussed | No | 6** | No |