Intensive periodontal treatment (subgingival SRP with or without other periodontal treatment) vs No treatment (no periodontal treatment): Probing pocket depth
- Population
- Adults (any age/sex) with chronic periodontitis (>=5 teeth remaining; PPD >4 mm), with or without hypertension
- Intervention
- Intensive periodontal treatment (subgingival SRP with or without other periodontal treatment)
- Comparison
- No treatment (no periodontal treatment)
- Outcome
- Probing pocket depth
Periodontal treatment (subgingival SRP with or without other… led to lower pocket probing depth (PPD) compared with no treatment (no periodontal treatment); GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Periodontal treatment (subgingival SRP with or without other periodontal treatment) vs No treatment (no periodontal treatment) Pocket probing depth (PPD) · Adults (any age/sex) with chronic periodontitis (>=5 teeth remaining; PPD >4 mm), with or without hypertension · Long term, People diagnosed with periodontitis and other cardiovascular diseases except hypertension Periodontal treatment (subgingival SRP with or without other… led to lower pocket probing depth (PPD) compared with no treatment (no periodontal treatment); GRADE not reported. Effect of periodontal treatments on blood pressure (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -1.94 [-2.35, -1.53] | 1 study · 48 participants | GRADE not reported |
Any periodontal treatment (subgingival scaling and root planing (SRP) must be included; may add supra-gingival scaling, systemic/local antibiotic or host modulation treatment, or periodontal surgery) vs No periodontal treatment Pocket probing depth (PPD) · Adults (any age/sex) with chronic periodontitis (>=5 teeth remaining; PPD >4 mm), with or without hypertension The review found no eligible studies for this question. Effect of periodontal treatments on blood pressure (2011) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD009409, superseded | no estimate extracted | Not reported | No studies found |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effect of periodontal treatments on blood pressure 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-11 | Not listed | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
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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.