EJPD 2025 Policies: SIOI Policy on Direct Restorative Materials in Paediatric Dentistry.

• DOI: 10.23804/ejpd.2025.26.01.03
• Publication Date: 2025-03-01
• Authors: Valentina Luppieri; Milena Cadenaro; Maria Rita Giuca; V Di Taranto; M Moscati; Simone Bagattoni; Matteo Beretta; Sara Caruso; P De Fabianis; Romina Conte; L Lardani; Roberto Gatto; G Marzo; L Paglia; G Gallusi
• Keywords: Restorative Dentistry

The Italian Society of Paediatric Dentistry (SIOI) is committed to encourage all dental practitioners provide safe and updated prevention treatment strategies for oral diseases in paediatric patients. SIOI promotes quality communication information parents caregivers awareness the population. purpose this Policy professionals with comprehensive guidance on restorative materials, ensuring that decisions are based latest highest-quality scientific evidence. This a review most recent literature i.e. reviews, systematic meta-analyses, recommendations Best Practices from professional organisations over last 10 years. An extensive electronic bibliographic search was conducted using PubMed®/MEDLINE following keywords: dentistry, restorations, caries, caries therapy, amalgam, composite resins, adhesive systems, glass ionomer cements, compomers, bioactive materials. additional filters were applied: publication date (10 years), text availability (full text), article type (review, review, meta-analysis), species (humans), age (child: birth-18 language (English). One hundred forty-three articles met these criteria. Articles screened by reading titles abstracts.