What do systematic reviews say?

Brushing vs Effervescent tablets

• 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

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

• 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