Adverse events associated with treatment · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events: significant difference in complication rates, lower for supraomohyoid (SOND 13.0% vs MRND 21.9%, P=0.040). UW-QOL at 1 year: supraomohyoid superior in pain relief (78.8% vs 75.2%, P=0.013) and shoulder…
1 study · 332 participants
Very low
MMP-2 expression/activity · Human ex vivo carious dentin under sealed cavities
MMP-2 shows no difference before vs after cavity sealing; the evidence is very uncertain (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Adolescents (10-19 years)
Malocclusions probably have a negative effect on OHRQoL in adolescents, after adjustment for confounders (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Impaired OHRQoL, qualitative synthesis: relative effect not estimable across the 13 studies (13,864 participants); moderate quality of evidence (GRADE).
13 studies · 13864 participants
Moderate
Secondary caries · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth
Over 2 or more years in deciduous teeth, amalgam probably had a higher risk of secondary caries than RMGIC (RR 2.46, 95% CI 1.42-4.27; moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
MMP-20 expression · Human ex vivo carious dentin (head/neck radiotherapy)
MMP-20 shows no difference between irradiated and non-irradiated carious dentin; the evidence is very uncertain (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
There is no difference about the MMP-20 expression in irradiated vs. non-irradiated carious dentin, but the evidence is very uncertain (Gomes-Silva et al., 2017b).
1 study · 36 participants
Very low
Locoregional recurrence · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer with nodal disease (stage N2 or N3)
PET-CT following chemoradiotherapy (neck dissection only if… showed no clear difference in locoregional recurrence compared with planned neck dissection before or after chemoradiotherapy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Locoregional recurrence · Adults with oral cavity cancer (tongue or floor of mouth) and clinically negative neck nodes
Elective neck dissection (at time of primary tumour resection) probably leads to lower locoregional recurrence compared with therapeutic (delayed) neck dissection (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects on oral health: gingival bleeding (lower arch) · People who had received fixed appliance orthodontic treatment
It is very uncertain whether full-time clear plastic (removable) retainer changes adverse effects on oral health: gingival bleeding (lower arch) compared with any type of fixed (bonded) retainer (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
New active carious lesions (permanent first molars)
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · People undergoing orthodontic treatment (any age; 9 to 34 years in included studies)
Herbal mouthwash reduced several plaque-related indices, but certainty is very low.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Pulp necrosis
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion 3.27
1 study
GRADE not reported
Total mortality · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer
1 finding from 1 review
Secondary caries · Patients requiring dental restoration; deciduous (primary) teeth
Over 2 or more years in deciduous teeth, the difference in secondary caries between giomer and RMGIC is uncertain (RR 1.66, 95% CI 0.49-5.61; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Shear bond strength (SBS) of metallic orthodontic brackets · Extracted permanent human teeth (enamel); sound or demineralized
CPP-ACP enamel pre-treatment before bonding did not significantly affect the shear bond strength of metallic orthodontic brackets (MD 1.163 MPa, 95% CI -0.321 to 2.648; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence · Adults with oral cavity cancer
It is very uncertain whether elective radical (comprehensive) neck dissection changes recurrence compared with elective selective neck dissection (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary flow rate (unstimulated) · Elderly (>60 years) and medically compromised adults with xerostomia / dry mouth
In elderly and medically compromised people with xerostomia, chewing sugar-free gum daily for two or more weeks produces a small but statistically significant increase in unstimulated whole salivary flow rate versus no gum (SMD 0.44, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.66); certainty of evidence was not formally graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer
1 finding from 1 review
New coronal carious lesions or fillings on permanent (first) molars (caries prevention) · Children with dental caries in permanent (first) molars
One-time 38% SDF gave a 57% prevented fraction for caries in children's permanent first molars (single study; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Stability: Little's Irregularity Index (lower arch) · People who had received fixed appliance orthodontic treatment
It is very uncertain whether full-time clear plastic (removable) retainer changes stability: Little's Irregularity Index (lower arch) compared with any type of fixed (bonded) retainer (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
new root-surface carious lesions or restorations · community-dwelling older adults with root caries
SDF had a 28% preventative fraction at 24 months; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating was reported.
1 finding from 1 review