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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
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- Silicone surfactant cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution · Visual plaque score
  Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
  14 days
  MD -0.88 [-1.00, -0.76]
  1 study
  GRADE not reported
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- Brushing vs Effervescent tablets · Visual plaque score
  Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
  12 weeks
  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
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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

Brushing vs Effervescent tablets

Visual plaque score · American complete denture (CD) wearers

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
12 weeks
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

Silicone surfactant cleanser vs Placebo / sham solution

Visual plaque score · Complete denture (CD) wearers

Silicone surfactant cleanser led to lower visual plaque score compared with placebo / sham solution; GRADE not reported.

2 findings from 1 review

Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
14 days
MD -0.88 [-1.00, -0.76]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Interventions for cleaning dentures in adults 2009 · Cochrane All outcomes
2 days
MD -1.02 [-1.13, -0.91]
1 study
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