Side effects · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Reported pain (mm on VAS) · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
Intra-articular injection of sodium hyaluronate led to lower reported pain (mm on VAS) compared with intra-articular injection of corticosteroids (betamethasone); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
One soft tissue correction/augmentation technique vs A different soft tissue correction/augmentation technique
Outcome not reported · Patients receiving dental implants
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Implant failure · People with dental implants
Crestal incision showed no clear difference in implant failure compared with vestibular incision; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence of peri-implantitis · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
Nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite (Ostim) showed no clear difference in recurrence of peri-implantitis compared with bovine-derived xenograft (Bio-Oss) plus resorbable barrier; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Complications and side effects · People with at least one dental implant affected by perimplantitis
1 finding from 1 review
Participant‐reported pain relief of 50% or greater · People with erosive oral lichen planus
Aloe vera gel led to higher pain (>=50% improvement in symptoms) compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - pain interference, change from baseline · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
Glucosamine sulfate (oral) showed no clear difference in brief Pain Inventory (BPI) - pain interference, change from baseline compared with ibuprofen (oral); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Physiotherapy modalities (physiotherapy, short-wave diathermy, ultrasound)
Outcome not reported · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Morphological changes of the TMJs (assessed by CT) · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (on movement and on palpation of the affected TMJ) · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
1 finding from 1 review
Data for pain on movement or pain on palpation of the affected TMJ (both at 1 week and 3 months) could not be extracted, as they are described as percentages of an unclear total number. Narratively, diclofenac sodium…
1 study
GRADE not reported
Pain reduction (participant-reported symptoms) · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Partial response (partial or complete response) · People with erosive oral lichen planus
Topical clobetasol propionate 0.025% showed no clear difference in partial response (partial or complete response) compared with topical clobetasol propionate 0.05%; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Aesthetics evaluated by the dentist (any validated aesthetic index) · Partially edentulous patients receiving posterior mandibular implants
Subepithelial connective tissue graft (palate) at implant placement led to lower aesthetics (pink aesthetic score, PES) evaluated by dentist compared with no augmentation; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction in target/mean lesion size · People with erosive oral lichen planus
Topical tacrolimus 0.1% ointment showed no clear difference in reduction in target/mean lesion size compared with topical clobetasol propionate 0.05% ointment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Open TMJ surgery (arthroplasty / total joint replacement)
Outcome not reported · Adults (>18 years) with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) diagnosed by RDC/TMD or compatible criteria
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction · Partially edentulous patients with a distal-extension RDP (minor connector); cross-over
1 finding from 1 review
The tilting-type RDP significantly outscored the functional and sanitary designs for patient satisfaction; within-patient SDs not given, data narrative only
1 study · 25 participants
GRADE not reported
Abutment mobility · Partially edentulous patients treated with a mandibular RDP (major connector)
RDP with lingual plate major connector led to lower abutment tooth mobility (Periotest) at 30 months compared with RDP with sublingual bar major connector; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Side effects · People with erosive oral lichen planus
1 finding from 1 review
Patients with increased abutment tooth mobility · Partially edentulous patients treated with a distal-extension RDP
Altered-cast technique RDP showed no clear difference in patients with increased abutment tooth mobility compared with one-piece cast RDP; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review