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 dental plaque compared with (Optimised) usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
Denture plaque · Residents of institutions for elderly people (nursing staff and residents took part in the education programme)
1 finding from 1 review
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
Plaque · Adults (mean age 30.9 years), level of ID unclear; setting day centre
Scheduled dental recall intervals (1-, 3- or 6-monthly; oral hygiene… may leads to lower plaque (long term) compared with usual care (no specific treatment) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Children and adults with mixed levels of ID; setting home, residential, day care, school, mixed or not specified
Electric toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) showed no clear difference in plaque (medium term) compared with manual toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
SMD 0.29 [-0.07, 0.65]
2 studies · 120 participants
Low
Assorted plaque indices scale 0-5, 1-4 weeks; 247 participants (4 RCTs); Very Low. Uncertain effect on plaque short term: 2 studies (69 participants) favoured the electric toothbrush; 2 studies (178 participants)…
4 studies · 247 participants
Very low
Plaque · Children aged 7 to 13 years with Down syndrome (mild to moderate ID); setting residential
1 finding from 1 review
Simplified Green & Vermillion Oral Hygiene Index (plaque), mean 10 days; percent mean difference 65 (intervention) vs 15 (control), P<0.0001 favouring the disclosing-agent toothpaste; 40 participants (SoF states 80,…
1 study · 40 participants
Very low
Plaque · Children and adults with mild to profound ID; setting residential or school
It is very uncertain whether oral hygiene training (toothbrushing routine) of people with ID changes plaque (short term) compared with no oral hygiene training of people with ID (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Children and adults with mixed levels of ID; setting home, residential, day care, school, mixed or not specified
It is very uncertain whether special manual toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) changes plaque (short term) compared with conventional manual toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted… (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Plaque · People with mixed levels of ID (age range unclear); setting residential
Oral hygiene care training of carers showed no clear difference in plaque (medium term) compared with no training (or a placebo training session) of carers (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Adults aged 22 to 57 years with mixed levels of ID; setting residential
1 finding from 1 review
Individualised oral care plan vs usual care. Subjective Oral Hygiene Rating scale 1-5 and Improvement Differential, mean 12 months; SOHR 2.97 (intervention) vs 3.10 (control); improvement differential 38% vs 5%; 79…
1 study · 79 participants
Very low
Plaque · People with ID (level of ID and age unclear); setting day centre
It is very uncertain whether discussion of individual clinical photographs (plaque highlighted by… changes plaque (medium term) compared with no discussion of clinical photographs, but received the same oral… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Children or adults (fit and healthy, or with a well-defined medical condition)
It is very uncertain whether enhanced one-to-one OHA changes periodontal health: plaque levels compared with one-to-one OHA (standard) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: 2 studies did not report usable data; 1 study gave low-quality evidence of a benefit in plaque reduction at 5.5 months for enhanced OHA; 3 studies found little or no difference; 1 study gave weak evidence of a…
6 studies · 440 participants
Very low
Plaque · Children or adults (fit and healthy, or with a well-defined medical condition)
It is very uncertain whether personalised one-to-one OHA changes periodontal health: plaque levels compared with routine one-to-one OHA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: 1 study showed a benefit for personalised OHA at 3 and 12 months; 1 study in children reported 'statistically significant (P < 0.05) improvement' but no usable data; 1 study showed little or no difference at 3…
3 studies · 308 participants
Very low
Plaque · Children or adults (fit and healthy, or with a well-defined medical condition)
Any form of one-to-one oral hygiene advice (OHA) showed no clear difference in periodontal health: plaque levels compared with no OHA (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: Both studies at all time points consistently showed a benefit in plaque reduction for OHA. Results: Hetland 1982 MD -0.41 (-0.54 to -0.28) at 3mo, -0.44 (-0.56 to -0.32) at 6mo; Hugoson 2007 MD -13.00 (-19.89 to…
2 studies · 235 participants
Low
Plaque · Children or adults (fit and healthy, or with a well-defined medical condition)
It is very uncertain whether self-management (self-administered/self-monitored OHA) changes periodontal health: plaque levels compared with professional OHA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: 2 studies reported no significant differences but no usable data; 1 study gave weak evidence of a benefit in plaque reduction at 3 months for self-management; 1 study in adults with hyposalivation gave very weak…
4 studies · 181 participants
Very low
Plaque index (PI) / oral hygiene · Critically ill patients (adults and children) receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
1 finding from 1 review
Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with…
It is very uncertain whether oral health education (advice and training) changes dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index compared with standard care (oral health advice not specifically emphasised beyond… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with…
It is very uncertain whether motivational interview plus oral health education changes dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index compared with oral health education (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review