Question · asked by 1 review
Enzyme cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution: Microbial counts (hyphae and bacteria)
- Population
- Institutionalised elderly wearing maxillary complete dentures (CD)
- Intervention
- Enzyme cleanser
- Comparison
- Placebo / sham solution
- Outcome
- Microbial counts (hyphae and bacteria)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Enzyme cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution Microbial counts (hyphae and bacteria) · Institutionalised elderly wearing maxillary complete dentures (CD) · 12 weeks Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults (2009) · Cochrane All outcomes | Lower hyphal and bacterial scores were also found for 'E' when compared with 'Plac' after 12 weeks. It was not possible to extract adequate data as the investigators did not provide standard deviations. | 1 study | 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
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.