Caries & Minimal Intervention Cochrane systematic review ✓ Peer reviewed

Restorative materials for direct coronal restoration of permanent posterior teeth: an overview of systematic reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2026-07-14

An overview of systematic reviews found that bulk-fill and conventionally-layered resin composites showed similar failure rates, whilst evidence comparing amalgam to composites and other materials was limited or of low certainty, with few studies from general practice settings.

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