Powered toothbrush (any mode of action) vs Manual toothbrush: Unstimulated whole saliva (UWS)
Powered toothbrush showed no clear difference in unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) compared with manual toothbrush; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Powered toothbrush vs Manual toothbrush Unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) · Adults with medication-related dry mouth · 45 minutes after brushing Powered toothbrush showed no clear difference in unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) compared with manual toothbrush; GRADE not reported. Interventions for the management of dry mouth: non‐pharmacological interventions (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -0.07 [-0.74, 0.60] | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Powered toothbrush vs Manual toothbrush Unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) · Adults with medication-related dry mouth · 45 minutes after brushing Powered toothbrush showed no clear difference in unstimulated whole saliva (UWS) compared with manual toothbrush; GRADE not reported. Interventions for the management of dry mouth: non‐pharmacological interventions (2013) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD009603.PUB2, superseded | MD -0.07 [-0.74, 0.60] | 1 study | GRADE not reported |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 the management of dry mouth: non‐pharmacological interventions 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2013-04 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.