Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and dietary components) vs No treatment (or delayed treatment): Plaque
- Population
- Children aged 4 to 12 years attending primary school
- Intervention
- Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and dietary components)
- Comparison
- No treatment (or delayed treatment)
- Outcome
- Plaque
Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and… showed no clear difference in plaque indices (permanent and deciduous teeth) compared with no intervention or delayed intervention (non-intervention control;… (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and dietary components) vs No intervention or delayed intervention (non-intervention control; one trial's control received dental treatment plus an annual supervised toothbrushing session) Plaque indices (permanent and deciduous teeth) · Children aged 4 to 12 years attending primary school · 3 to 15 months Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and… showed no clear difference in plaque indices (permanent and deciduous teeth) compared with no intervention or delayed intervention (non-intervention control;… (low certainty). Primary school‐based behavioural interventions for preventing caries (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes | SoF (Plaque indices, follow-up 3 to 15 months): 'All 3 RCTs showed a reduction in plaque in the intervention group compared to control group'; 827 participants (3 RCTs); GRADE low; comment 'Data not suitable for… | 3 studies · 827 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary school‐based behavioural interventions for preventing caries 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2012-10 | 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.