Interventions delivered by dental professionals vs control: Smoking cessation
It is very uncertain whether interventions delivered by dental professionals changes multi‐session behavioural support versus usual care, brief advice,… compared with control (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Interventions delivered by dental professionals vs control Multi‐session behavioural support versus usual care, brief advice, or very brief advice, or less active treatment Smoking cessation (≥ 6 months · participants who used tobacco products It is very uncertain whether interventions delivered by dental professionals changes multi‐session behavioural support versus usual care, brief advice,… compared with control (very low certainty). Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.9 [1.17, 3.11] | 7 studies · 2639 participants | Very low |
Interventions delivered by dental professionals vs control Single session behavioural support versus usual care, brief advice, or very brief advice Smoking cessation (≥ 6 months · participants who used tobacco products It is very uncertain whether interventions delivered by dental professionals changes single session behavioural support versus usual care, brief advice,… compared with control (very low certainty). Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.86 [1.01, 3.41] | 4 studies · 6328 participants | Very low |
Interventions delivered by dental professionals vs control Behavioural intervention + NRT/e‐cigarette versus no intervention/usual care, brief advice, or very brief advice Smoking cessation (≥ 6 months · participants who used tobacco products Interventions delivered by dental professionals probably leads to higher behavioural intervention + NRT/e‐cigarette versus no… compared with control (moderate certainty). Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.76 [1.58, 4.82] | 4 studies · 1221 participants | Moderate |
Interventions delivered by dental professionals vs control Behavioural support from dental professional at high school/college versus usual care/no intervention Smoking cessation (≥ 6 months · participants who used tobacco products It is very uncertain whether interventions delivered by dental professionals changes behavioural support from dental professional at high school/college… compared with control (very low certainty). Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.51 [0.86, 2.65] | 3 studies · 1020 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.