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- Educational intervention with information and practical components (theoretical oral health education plus practical skills training) for nursing staff and/or residents vs (Optimised) usual care · Denture plaque
  Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
  3 to 60 months
  SMD -0.60 [-1.25, 0.05]
  5 studies · 816 participants
  Low
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- Enzyme cleanser vs Brushing · Denture plaque coverage score
  Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
  Standard deviations were not reported for the relevant data so these were not included in the analysis. Reduction of plaque scores was associated with enzyme concentration (ANOVA, P < 0.001). Brushing alone and…
  1 study
  GRADE not reported
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- Enzyme cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution · Denture plaque (biofilm) score
  Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
  5 weeks; 3 months
  Both interventions reduced biofilm scores after 2 weeks. However, plaque scores were significantly lower for 'E' after 5 weeks (P < 0.05) and 3 months (P < 0.01), as assessed by Chi2 test. It was not possible to…
  1 study
  GRADE not reported
Direct match · question page
- Educational intervention with information only (theoretical dental health education, no practical training) vs Usual care · Denture plaque
  Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
  One study (Schou 1989), at unclear risk of bias and analysing 114 residents, provided insufficient evidence to determine whether denture plaque scores are lower when educating residents or nursing staff without…
  1 study · 114 participants
  GRADE not reported

Educational intervention with information and practical components (theoretical oral health education plus practical skills training) for nursing staff and/or residents vs (Optimised) usual care

Denture plaque · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)

Educational intervention with information and practical components… showed no clear difference in denture plaque compared with (Optimised) usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
3 to 60 months
SMD -0.60 [-1.25, 0.05]
5 studies · 816 participants
Low

Educational intervention with information only (theoretical dental health education, no practical training) vs usual care

Denture plaque · Residents of institutions for elderly people (nursing staff and residents took part in the education programme)

1 finding from 1 review

Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
One study (Schou 1989), at unclear risk of bias and analysing 114 residents, provided insufficient evidence to determine whether denture plaque scores are lower when educating residents or nursing staff without…
1 study · 114 participants
GRADE not reported

Enzyme cleanser vs Brushing

Denture plaque · Wearers of maxillary and mandibular complete dentures (CD)

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
Standard deviations were not reported for the relevant data so these were not included in the analysis. Reduction of plaque scores was associated with enzyme concentration (ANOVA, P < 0.001). Brushing alone and…
1 study
GRADE not reported

Enzyme cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution

Denture plaque · Institutionalised elderly wearing maxillary complete dentures (CD)

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
5 weeks; 3 months
Both interventions reduced biofilm scores after 2 weeks. However, plaque scores were significantly lower for 'E' after 5 weeks (P < 0.05) and 3 months (P < 0.01), as assessed by Chi2 test. It was not possible to…
1 study
GRADE not reported