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6 questions · 6 findings · 5 reviews · Oral Health

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No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 4 · 66.7%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Bone graft with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) vs Bone graft without PRP

Complications · Patients with insufficient bone below the maxillary sinus requiring dental implants

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for replacing missing teeth: augmentation procedures of the maxillary sinus 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
2 years after loading
Raghoebar 2005: 1 complication in the non-PRP arm, OR 0.27 (0.01 to 8.46), P = 0.46; Torres 2009 (PRP only = 3, no-PRP only = 2), OR 1.49 (0.15 to 15.07), P = 1.00. No statistically significant difference.
2 studies · 62 participants
GRADE not reported

Intraoperative Rapid IMF vs Eyelet wire ties

Intraoperative complications · Adults with mandibular fractures excluding condyles (following open reduction)

Intraoperative Rapid IMF showed no clear difference in intraoperative complications compared with eyelet wire ties; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
RR 2.6 [1.0, 7.0]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Erbium:YAG laser vs Air-abrasive device (Perio-Flow)

Complications and side effects · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for replacing missing teeth: treatment of peri‐implantitis 2012 · Cochrane All outcomes
6 months
After 6 months there were no complications.
1 study · 42 participants
GRADE not reported

Maxillary sinus lift (augmentation) with long implants vs Short implants (5 to 8.5 mm) without sinus augmentation

Complications (at treated sites) · Patients with missing teeth and an atrophic posterior maxilla, with residual bone height between 4 and 9 mm below the maxillary sinus

Maxillary sinus lift (augmentation) with long implants may leads to higher complications (at treated sites) compared with short implants (5 to 8.5 mm) without sinus augmentation (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for replacing missing teeth: augmentation procedures of the maxillary sinus 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
median 1 year after loading
Peto OR 4.77 [1.79, 12.71]
4 studies · 137 participants
Low

Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy excluded) administered before and/or after tooth extraction vs placebo

Infectious complications · People undergoing tooth extraction (21 of 23 trials: healthy patients undergoing impacted third molar extraction; 1 routine intra-alveolar…

Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy… may leads to lower postsurgical infectious complications compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics to prevent complications following tooth extractions 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
1st to 14th day
RR 0.34 [0.19, 0.64]
12 studies · 1728 participants
Low

Pilocarpine vs no treatment/placebo

Other oral related symptoms (oral discomfort, eating difficulty, mucosal pain, oral complications) · Patients receiving radiotherapy on its own or in addition to chemotherapy to the head and neck region

1 finding from 1 review

Pharmacological interventions for preventing dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction following radiotherapy 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes
End of RT
Insufficient evidence of a difference: oral discomfort MD -18.00 (95% CI -37.41 to 1.41); eating difficulties MD -14.40 (95% CI -35.38 to 6.58); mucosal pain MD -14.80 (95% CI -37.07 to 7.47); oral complications RR…
2 studies
GRADE not reported