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Periodontal treatment: scaling and root planing (SRP) plus advice vs Community care: advice only: Adverse events due to periodontal therapy

Population
Patients with cardiovascular disease and chronic periodontitis
Intervention
Periodontal treatment: scaling and root planing (SRP) plus advice
Comparison
Community care: advice only
Outcome
Adverse events due to periodontal therapy

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Periodontal treatment: scaling and root planing (SRP) plus advice vs Community care: advice only
Adverse events due to periodontal therapy · People with cardiovascular disease and chronic periodontitis · 6 to 25 months
Periodontal therapy for primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with periodontitis (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes
Adverse events: because of variable follow-up (6 to 25 months) and almost 90% loss to follow-up by one year, results were not considered useful for analysis; uncertain whether adverse events are more likely with either…1 study · 303 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Periodontal therapy for primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with periodontitis
2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
2021-11Not listedNot assessed
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