Thermal sensitivity · Healthy human adults (18 years or more) with dentine hypersensitivity from exposed root surfaces
Potassium containing toothpaste (5% potassium nitrate) led to lower thermal sensitivity compared with control toothpaste (without potassium); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
MD -1.10 [-1.64, -0.55]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Subjective assessment of sensitivity · Healthy human adults (18 years or more) with dentine hypersensitivity from exposed root surfaces
Potassium containing toothpaste (5% potassium nitrate) showed no clear difference in subjective assessment of sensitivity compared with control toothpaste (without potassium); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Air blast sensitivity · Healthy human adults (18 years or more) with dentine hypersensitivity from exposed root surfaces
Potassium containing toothpaste (5% potassium nitrate) led to lower air blast sensitivity compared with control toothpaste (without potassium); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Tactile sensitivity (method b, continuous probe) · Healthy human adults (18 years or more) with dentine hypersensitivity from exposed root surfaces
Potassium containing toothpaste (5% potassium nitrate) led to higher tactile sensitivity (method b, continuous probe) compared with control toothpaste (without potassium); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
1 finding from 1 review
Abu-Naba'a 2003 reported participants' state of anxiety, comparing ozone treatment with traditional dental interventions (injection, drilling, filling); because no participant was randomised between ozone and drilling…
1 study
GRADE not reported
Further conventional dental treatment (filling and drilling) (binary yes/no) · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (assessed by the patient) · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Caries progression/regression (clinical severity index, log(e) ECM and log(e) DIAGNOdent scores) · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
1 finding from 1 review
No consistent trend of benefit or harm following ozone was seen across the outcome measures in any of the three studies; analyses were conducted at the lesion level (not independent of the person), so data were not…
3 studies · 137 participants
GRADE not reported
Time to intervention · People of any age with caries (including demineralisation in non-cavitated carious lesions); the caries may affect any single tooth…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
The proportion of pressure ulcers healed · patients from two surgical and two medical wards
It is very uncertain whether profiling bed with foam mattress changes pressure ulcer healing compared with hospital bed with foam mattress (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pressure ulcers completely healed · people with pressure ulcers
Alternating‐pressure cushion showed no clear difference in pressure ulcers completely healed compared with dry flotation cushion (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
The proportion of pressure ulcers healed · nursing home patients, > 59 years old
Water mattress overlay showed no clear difference in pressure ulcer healing compared with low‐tech mattress (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pressure ulcers completely healed · elderly nursing home residents with multiple medical problems
Low‐air‐loss bed showed no clear difference in pressure ulcers completely healed compared with low‐tech mattress overlay (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Ulcers completely healed · varied
The intervention showed no clear difference in ulcers completely healed (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Decrease in pressure ulcer size · varied
The intervention showed no clear difference in decrease in pressure ulcer size (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Ulcers completely healed · varied
The intervention showed no clear difference in ulcers completely healed (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pressure ulcer improvement · varied
Alternating‐pressure mattress showed no clear difference in pressure ulcer improvement compared with alternating‐pressure mattress overlay (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
The proportion of pressure ulcers healed · varied
Alternating‐pressure mattress showed no clear difference in pressure ulcer healing compared with alternating‐pressure mattress overlay (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review