Nibbling less than daily · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Eating candy less than daily · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Drinking soft drinks less than daily · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Caries increment on tooth surfaces (dmfs/DMFS) (prevented fraction) · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
2 findings from 1 review
Mean (95% CI) DMFS increment after 4 years: intervention 2.56 (2.07 to 3.05) versus control 4.60 (3.99 to 5.21); significant difference favouring the intervention (P<0.0001; non-overlapping CIs). No between-group point…
1 study · 497 participants
GRADE not reported
Mean (95% CI) DMFS increment after 2 years: intervention 1.86 (1.50 to 2.21) versus control 2.44 (2.12 to 2.77); significant difference favouring the intervention (P<0.05, comparing intervention and control). No…
1 study · 497 participants
GRADE not reported
Eating healthy snacks at least twice per day · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Eating warm meals more than twice per day · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Table 2: 77% (193) versus 81% (200) at follow-up (baseline 83% versus 74%, a significant baseline difference). No significant change at follow-up.
1 study · 497 participants
GRADE not reported
Drinking sports drinks no more than once per week · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Using xylitol products more than 3 times per day · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
Individually designed, patient-centred preventive programme: dietary… led to higher using xylitol products more than 3 times per day compared with basic prevention offered as standard in public dental clinics; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to lower total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to lower fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to higher fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with effervescent tablets; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Visual plaque score · American complete denture (CD) wearers
1 finding from 1 review
Tarbet 1984 compared brushing with two types of effervescent tablets. No standard deviations were reported and therefore no data were entered for this outcome. Brushing was associated with significantly lower plaque…
1 study · 75 participants
GRADE not reported
Microbial counts (total aerobes, anaerobes, yeasts) · Complete denture (CD) wearers in a nursing home
1 finding from 1 review
Moore 1984 found that the seven tested methods were similar and resulted in a significant reduction in total aerobes and anaerobes compared with immersion in distilled water (paired t test, P < 0.05). Some chemical…
1 study · 12 participants
GRADE not reported
Total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to higher total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with effervescent tablets; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to higher fusobacteria (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with association of brushing and effervescent tablets; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) · Maxillary complete denture (CD) wearers
Brushing led to higher total anaerobes (colony forming units, log-transformed) compared with association of brushing and effervescent tablets; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Caries increment on tooth surfaces (dmfs/DMFS) (prevented fraction) · Children in school or kindergarten settings (aged 3-14 years)
School-based supervised toothbrushing produces a small but statistically significant reduction in tooth-surface caries (DMFS/dmfs SMD -0.22, 95% CI -0.42 to -0.01; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries increment, DMFT/dmft (whole-tooth level) · Children in school or kindergarten settings (aged 3-14 years)
School-based supervised toothbrushing has no statistically significant effect on whole-tooth caries (DMFT/dmft SMD 0.05, 95% CI -0.27 to 0.37; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction (liked toothbrush) · Adults with dental implants and peri-implant mucositis at baseline
Sonic toothbrushing led to higher patient satisfaction (liked toothbrush) compared with manual toothbrushing; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Ease of maintenance · Adults with dental implants and peri-implant mucositis at baseline
Sonic toothbrushing showed no clear difference in ease of maintenance compared with manual toothbrushing; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review