Routine scale and polish at a fixed interval vs No scheduled scale and polish treatment: Gingivitis
Routine scale and polish (6-monthly or 12-monthly) showed no clear difference in gingivitis compared with no treatment (no scale and polish) (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Routine scale and polish (6-monthly or 12-monthly) vs No treatment (no scale and polish) Gingivitis · Healthy dentate adults with mild to moderate gingivitis, without severe periodontitis · 24 months, 6-monthly (12-monthly parallel) Routine scale and polish (6-monthly or 12-monthly) showed no clear difference in gingivitis compared with no treatment (no scale and polish) (low certainty). Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults (2013) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD004625.PUB4, superseded | MD -0.02 [-0.10, 0.06] | 1 study · 207 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2018-01-10 | 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.