Unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) vs Bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP): Plaque
- Population
- Patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP)
- Intervention
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP)
- Comparison
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP)
- Outcome
- Plaque
Plaque index does not differ significantly between unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate (MD -0.13, 95% CI -0.38 to 0.12; ungraded).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) vs Bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) Plaque Index (PI) · Patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) · Clinical dental examination (Thailand and USA) Plaque index does not differ significantly between unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate (MD -0.13, 95% CI -0.38 to 0.12; ungraded). Oral health in patients with cleft lip and palate: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of… (2025) All outcomes | MD -0.13 [-0.38, 0.12] | 2 studies · 117 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral health in patients with cleft lip and palate: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of periodontal and dental disease and… 2025 All outcomes | March 2023 to January 2024 | 30 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Dental Caries Experience in Texan Children with Cleft Lip and Palate. · 2017 · included by 1 of these review
- Oral health status and oral impacts on quality of life in early adolescent cleft patients. · 2014 · included by 1 of these review
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.