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Predictor<br />

variables<br />

Validating<br />

criteria<br />

Statistical<br />

methods<br />

Results<br />

Caries rates<br />

Survival time<br />

Relative risk (RR)<br />

Study<br />

quality and<br />

relevance<br />

Comments<br />

Post-eruptive age:<br />

1–4 yrs after tooth<br />

eruption<br />

D or F<br />

(decayed<br />

or filled<br />

surface)<br />

Life table<br />

method<br />

Annual DMF rates.<br />

Untreated (not<br />

sealed) group (1–5<br />

= post-eruption<br />

period)<br />

1st molars<br />

1. 0.16<br />

2. 0.13<br />

3. 0.11<br />

4. 0.09<br />

5. 0.06<br />

Medium<br />

High attrition<br />

rate.<br />

No control<br />

over criteria<br />

used for<br />

filling – possible<br />

bias<br />

2nd molars<br />

1. 0.12<br />

2. 0.18<br />

3. 0.18<br />

3. 0.18<br />

4. 0.12<br />

5. 0.08<br />

Post-eruptive age:<br />

≤1 yr, 2–3 yrs and<br />

>3 yrs<br />

Sound to<br />

carious and<br />

sound to<br />

cavitated<br />

Caries rates,<br />

hazard ratio<br />

(RR)<br />

Sound to carious<br />

(RR). Erupted for<br />

≥3 yrs: 1<br />

2–3 yrs: 0.90<br />

1–2 yrs: 1.06<br />

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