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Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Dry mouth (xerostomia) · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
Persson 2007 (crossover, n=14, institutionalised elderly): no dry mouth symptom data after treatment were presented.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported

Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Salivary flow rate · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
Attempts to measure saliva secretion failed because the elderly participants were unable to co-operate.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported

Buffered 'Prophylin' prophylactic gel vs Placebo gel

Oral health (oral pH, cariogenic bacteria, Candida) · Adults seeking treatment for the symptom of dry mouth (xerostomia) due to any cause (e.g. medication, Sjogren's syndrome, radiotherapy,…

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of dry mouth: topical therapies 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes
No difference between buffered gel, unbuffered gel and water for oral pH, cariogenic bacteria or Candida species.
1 study · 14 participants
GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Buffered glutaraldehyde

Outcome not reported · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes
6 months
Assessed pain, soft tissue, mobility, radiolucency, root resorption, pulp canal obliteration (Goyal 2016); no clinical/radiological failure outcome; pain, mobility, radiolucency, root resorption significantly favour MTA
1 study · 60 participants
GRADE not reported

Ferric sulphate (FS) vs Buffered glutaraldehyde

Outcome not reported · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes
6 months
Assessed pain, soft tissue, mobility, radiolucency, root resorption, pulp canal obliteration (Goyal 2016); no clinical/radiological failure outcome; no significant differences
1 study · 60 participants
GRADE not reported