What do systematic reviews say?

Any form of one-to-one oral hygiene advice (OHA) vs No OHA

It is very uncertain whether any form of one-to-one oral hygiene advice (OHA) changes dental caries compared with no OHA (very low certainty).

• One‐to‐one oral hygiene advice provided in a dental setting for oral health 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  4 to 12 months
  SoF: 1 study in adults reported only 'small and statistically insignificant changes' but no usable data; the other study on infants provided evidence of a benefit for OHA at 8 and 12 months but not at 4 months.…
  2 studies · 244 participants
  Very low

Personalised one-to-one OHA vs Routine one-to-one OHA

• One‐to‐one oral hygiene advice provided in a dental setting for oral health 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  2 months
  SoF: 1 study in children between the ages of 1 year and 6 years old reported 'statistically significant (P < 0.05) improvement' for personalised OHA but did not report usable data. Results: Lepore 2011 not estimable…
  1 study · 69 participants
  Very low

Self-management (self-administered/self-monitored OHA) vs Professional OHA

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• One‐to‐one oral hygiene advice provided in a dental setting for oral health 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes
  No studies were found that looked at dental caries.
  0 studies
  No studies found

Enhanced one-to-one OHA vs Routine one-to-one OHA

• One‐to‐one oral hygiene advice provided in a dental setting for oral health 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  12 months
  SoF: 1 study in adults did not report usable data. Results: Bali 1999 (DMFT) not estimable (no usable data).
  1 study · 70 participants
  Very low