Question · asked by 1 review
Brushing vs Effervescent tablets: Visual plaque score
- Population
- American complete denture (CD) wearers
- Intervention
- Brushing
- Comparison
- Effervescent tablets
- Outcome
- Visual plaque score
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Brushing vs Effervescent tablets Visual plaque score · American complete denture (CD) wearers · 12 weeks Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults (2009) · Cochrane All outcomes | Tarbet 1984 compared brushing with two types of effervescent tablets. No standard deviations were reported and therefore no data were entered for this outcome. Brushing was associated with significantly lower plaque… | 1 study · 75 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes | May 2009 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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