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- Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) · Oral health indices (plaque score)
  Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
  Plaque score: one study (Yao 2011) showed evidence of reduced plaque in the toothbrushing group; no usable pooled estimate.
  1 study
  GRADE not reported
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- Powered toothbrush, unknown/other action vs Manual toothbrush · Plaque score (1 to 3 months)
  Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
  Short term (1 to 3 months)
  Unknown/other action vs manual, plaque at 1 to 3 months: 2 trials; totals not selected (data presented in forest plots but not pooled owing to lack of clarity about the toothbrushes).
  2 studies
  GRADE not reported
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- Powered toothbrush (any mode of action) vs Manual toothbrush · Plaque score (1 to 3 months)
  Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
  Short term (1 to 3 months)
  SMD -0.50 [-0.70, -0.31]
  40 studies · 2871 participants
  Moderate
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- Powered toothbrush, circular action vs Manual toothbrush · Plaque score (1 to 3 months)
  Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
  Short term (1 to 3 months)
  SMD -0.02 [-0.37, 0.33]
  2 studies · 128 participants
  GRADE not reported
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- Psychological intervention based on a specified psychological model/theory (to increase adherence to oral hygiene instructions) vs No (active) intervention (usual/standard dental care or no-treatment control) · Plaque score
  Psychological interventions to improve adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal diseases 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
  The impact of psychological interventions on clinical markers was assessed in three studies (Little 1997; Stewart 1991; Weinstein 1996). All three found that psychological interventions resulted in improved plaque…
  3 studies
  GRADE not reported

Psychological intervention based on a specified psychological model/theory (to increase adherence to oral hygiene instructions) vs usual care or no treatment

Plaque · Adults (aged 18 or over) diagnosed with periodontal disease (gingivitis or periodontitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Psychological interventions to improve adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal diseases 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
The impact of psychological interventions on clinical markers was assessed in three studies (Little 1997; Stewart 1991; Weinstein 1996). All three found that psychological interventions resulted in improved plaque…
3 studies
GRADE not reported

Psychological intervention based on a specified psychological model/theory (to increase adherence to oral hygiene instructions) vs attention control

Plaque · Adults (aged 18 or over) diagnosed with periodontal disease (gingivitis or periodontitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Psychological interventions to improve adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal diseases 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
Weinstein 1996 reported that the psychological intervention led to improvements in plaque score greater than that noted in the attention control group; however the sample size in each arm was very small (n=5) and the…
2 studies
GRADE not reported

Psychological intervention based on a specified psychological model/theory (to increase adherence to oral hygiene instructions) vs Educational intervention (oral hygiene education/instruction)

Plaque · Adults (aged 18 or over) diagnosed with periodontal disease (gingivitis or periodontitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Psychological interventions to improve adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal diseases 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
5 weeks (2 weeks post-intervention)
Stewart 1991: while the educational intervention group and the cognitive behavioural intervention group both showed significant differences compared to the control group in plaque scores, the cognitive behavioural…
1 study · 50 participants
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