Routine scale and polish at a fixed interval vs No scheduled scale and polish treatment: Costs
It is very uncertain whether planned, regular routine scale and polish (6-monthly; 12-monthly… changes costs (NHS perspective, GBP) compared with no scheduled scale and polish treatment (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Planned, regular routine scale and polish (6-monthly; 12-monthly parallel) vs No scheduled scale and polish treatment Costs (NHS perspective, GBP) · Dentate adults without severe periodontitis, regularly attending for dental care in primary care (UK general dental… · 6-monthly (12-monthly parallel) It is very uncertain whether planned, regular routine scale and polish (6-monthly; 12-monthly… changes costs (NHS perspective, GBP) compared with no scheduled scale and polish treatment (very low certainty). Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults (2018) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD 0.52 [-18.10, 19.14] | 1 study · 554 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2018-01-10 | 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.