Plaque (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
1 finding from 1 review
Analysis 5.1 Plaque < 3 months (Turesky): 3 trials, 236 participants (Goyal 2005; Patters 2005; Zimmer 2005); significant heterogeneity (P < 0.1; I2 = 96%), so no statistical pooling was undertaken.
3 studies · 236 participants
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Aggression OAS, OAS‐M, MOAS, self‐reported incidents, CPRS subscale (endpoints fall between 2 weeks and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Impulsivity Q‐sort, Porteus Maze Test (endpoints fall between 2 weeks and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Hostility BPRS hostility sub scale, CPRS hostility subscale, Q‐sort, speech content analysis (endpoints fall between 1 and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Anger Self‐reported outbursts, Rosenweig Picture Frustration Test (endpoints fall between 2 weeks and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Anger‐Hostility POMS anger‐hostility subscale (endpoints fall between 1 and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Non‐compliance leaving the study early (endpoints fall between 1 and 6 months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Adverse events, any (endpoints fall between 1 6 six months) · Any individual experiencing recurrent aggressive outbursts or episodes
1 finding from 1 review
Gingivitis (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
1 finding from 1 review
Trimpeneers 1997 reported a significant difference in favour of the counter oscillation brush for gingival index at 2 months over a circular mode of action brush; data were unsuitable for meta-analysis.
1 study · 36 participants
GRADE not reported
Gingivitis (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
Side to side action powered toothbrush showed no clear difference in gingivitis (level reduction) compared with counter oscillation powered toothbrush; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Staining · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
Rotation oscillation powered toothbrush showed no clear difference in plaque (level reduction) compared with circular powered toothbrush; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Gingivitis (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
Side to side action powered toothbrush led to higher gingivitis (level reduction) compared with circular powered toothbrush; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Gingivitis (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
Rotation oscillation powered toothbrush led to higher gingivitis (level reduction) compared with circular powered toothbrush; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque (level reduction) · Individuals of any age with no reported disability that might affect toothbrushing (including people wearing orthodontic appliances)
1 finding from 1 review
Analysis 3.1 Plaque < 3 months (Turesky): 1 trial (Yankell 1997), 64 participants; totals not selected; no significant difference between side to side and circular for plaque in the short term.
1 study · 64 participants
GRADE not reported
Quality of life (validated questionnaire) · Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic submucous cleft palate
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Instrumental assessment: nasalance score (nasometry and pressure-flow measure) · Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic submucous cleft palate
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Self-esteem (Piers-Harris self-concept scale) · Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic submucous cleft palate
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Instrumental assessment: velopharyngeal complete closure and gap size (videonasopharyngoscopy and multiview videofluoroscopy) · Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic submucous cleft palate
1 finding from 1 review
Complete closure occurred in 32 (86%) of the participants in group 1 (MIPP) and in 31 (89%) in group 2, P > 0.05. After eliminating the nine patients with residual velopharyngeal insufficiency, the post-operative gap…
1 study · 72 participants
GRADE not reported