Wooden cleaning stick plus toothbrushing vs Flossing plus toothbrushing: Gingivitis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Wooden cleaning stick plus toothbrushing vs Flossing plus toothbrushing Gingivitis (gingival index) · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate) The review found no eligible studies for this question. Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling… (2019) · Cochrane All outcomes | Gingivitis measured by gingival index: Not measured. | 0 studies | No studies found |
Wooden cleaning stick plus toothbrushing vs Flossing plus toothbrushing Gingivitis (proportion of bleeding sites) · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate) · 3 months It is very uncertain whether wooden cleaning stick plus toothbrushing changes gingivitis (proportion of bleeding sites) compared with flossing plus toothbrushing (very low certainty). Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling… (2019) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD 0.01 [-0.12, 0.14] | 1 study · 24 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases and dental… 2019 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2019-01-16 | 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.