Combined HBO and perioperative antibiotics prior to dental implant therapy vs antibiotics alone: Incidence of ORN
- Population
- Adults with head and neck cancer undergoing curative or adjuvant radiotherapy (at risk of osteoradionecrosis of the jaws)
- Intervention
- Combined HBO and perioperative antibiotics prior to dental implant therapy
- Comparison
- antibiotics alone
- Outcome
- Incidence of ORN
It is very uncertain whether combined HBO and perioperative antibiotics prior to dental implant… changes incidence of ORN compared with antibiotics alone prior to dental implant therapy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Combined HBO and perioperative antibiotics prior to dental implant therapy vs Antibiotics alone prior to dental implant therapy Incidence of ORN · Adults with head and neck cancer undergoing curative or adjuvant radiotherapy (at risk of osteoradionecrosis of the… · 1 year It is very uncertain whether combined HBO and perioperative antibiotics prior to dental implant… changes incidence of ORN compared with antibiotics alone prior to dental implant therapy (very low certainty). Interventions for preventing osteoradionecrosis of the jaws in adults receiving head and neck radiotherapy (2019) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 3.00 [0.14, 65.16] | 1 study · 26 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 preventing osteoradionecrosis of the jaws in adults receiving head and neck radiotherapy 2019 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2019-11 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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.