Non-Cochrane · intervention · PM42930382

Impact of Traditional and Alternative Nicotine-Containing Product Use on Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Vámos Orsolya, Komora Péter, Gede Noémi, et al. · Dentistry journal · 2026 · PubMed · doi:10.3390/dj14100616

Findings

146 findings

Population
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.23 [0.11, 0.35]
GRADE not reported
48 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.25 [0.13, 0.37]
Moderate
Downgraded: risk of bias
50 studies · 1359 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.17, 0.05]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.55 [0.09, 1.01]
GRADE not reported
12 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.11 [-0.01, 0.23]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 10.96 [4.12, 17.79]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.11 [0.01, 0.21]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.19, 0.06]
GRADE not reported
24 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD 0.39 [0.2, 0.58]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 2.86 [-4.23, 9.95]
GRADE not reported
11 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.14 [0.02, 0.26]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in gingival index
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.32 [0.18, 0.47]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.16 [0.02, 0.30]
GRADE not reported
36 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.30 [0.17, 0.42]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
25 studies · 592 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.17, 0.05]
GRADE not reported
29 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.24 [0.12, 0.37]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 10.79 [0.49, 21.10]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.01 [-0.16, 0.18]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 10.96 [4.12, 17.79]
GRADE not reported
20 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 8.88 [1.94, 15.82]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.11 [0.01, 0.21]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
5 studies · 122 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.30 [0.17, 0.42]
GRADE not reported
25 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.19, 0.06]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 2.86 [-3.40, 9.13]
GRADE not reported
12 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): network estimate
MD 0.47 [-8.85, 9.80]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD 0.16 [-0.07, 0.38]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 8.86 [1.92, 15.80]
GRADE not reported
20 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.11 [0.01, 0.21]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 10.48 [3.90, 17.05]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
24 studies · 473 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.30 [0.17, 0.42]
GRADE not reported
24 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.19 [0.05, 0.32]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.27 [-0.04, 0.58]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.17, 0.05]
GRADE not reported
31 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.11 [0.01, 0.21]
GRADE not reported
5 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.14 [0.03, 0.25]
GRADE not reported
40 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD -0.06 [-0.17, 0.05]
Moderate
Downgraded: risk of bias
31 studies · 770 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.32 [0.18, 0.47]
GRADE not reported
19 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.39 [0.20, 0.58]
GRADE not reported
18 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 2.90 [-3.36, 9.16]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
14 studies · 239 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.13 [0.02, 0.25]
Moderate
Downgraded: risk of bias
42 studies · 958 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.11 [-0.01, 0.23]
GRADE not reported
30 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerscigarette smokersChange in full-mouth plaque score (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 2.86 [-4.23, 9.95]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.15 [-0.07, 0.38]
GRADE not reported
12 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.14 [0.02, 0.26]
GRADE not reported
37 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 10.45 [3.88, 17.03]
GRADE not reported
22 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.30 [0.17, 0.42]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.42 [0.07, 0.77]
GRADE not reported
11 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): network estimate
MD 0.25 [-0.04, 0.55]
GRADE not reported
7 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 31.39 [22.39, 40.39]
GRADE not reported
6 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Cigarette smokers (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.23 [0.11, 0.36]
GRADE not reported
43 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.29 [-0.04, 0.62]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
2 studies · 56 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD 1.67 [1.12, 2.22]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 13.6 [-17.11, 44.31]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in full-mouth plaque score (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 5.2 [-16.31, 26.71]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD 0.27 [-0.05, 0.59]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in gingival index
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 1.67 [1.12, 2.22]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.98 [0.47, 1.49]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
2 studies · 56 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in plaque index
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.92 [0.35, 1.49]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.29 [-0.05, 0.62]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 15.80 [-11.10, 42.69]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 20 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in gingival crevicular fluid volume (μL)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.57 [0.32, 0.82]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD 0.98 [0.47, 1.48]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.92 [0.37, 1.47]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 36 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.57 [0.32, 0.82]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
1 study · 36 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 4.44 [-14.91, 23.78]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 20 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in plaque index
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.92 [0.37, 1.47]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 1.05 [0.51, 1.58]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 1.67 [1.12, 2.22]
Very low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 36 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerselectronic cigarette usersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 15.05 [-12.3, 42.4]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 1.05 [0.50, 1.59]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Electronic cigarette users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.29 [-0.04, 0.61]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in plaque index
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.13 [-0.44, 0.7]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 25.4 [-3.78, 54.58]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.14 [-0.61, 0.33]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: deep pockets only, PPD >= 5 mm (subset 1): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.27 [-0.16, 0.70]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in gingival index
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.44 [-0.08, 0.96]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in full-mouth plaque score (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 12 [-6.94, 30.94]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in gingival index
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.72 [0.14, 1.3]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in plaque index
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.09 [-0.44, 0.62]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.08 [-0.50, 0.35]
GRADE not reported
3 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.05 [-0.28, 0.38]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
4 studies · 267 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.06 [-0.28, 0.40]
GRADE not reported
3 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in full-mouth plaque score (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 12 [-8.9, 32.9]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD -14.08 [-41.84, 13.69]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD -5.47 [-24.43, 13.49]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
2 studies · 85 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD -1.73 [-14.81, 11.35]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
2 studies · 85 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 25.4 [-3.32, 54.12]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 25.4 [-3.9, 54.7]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.09 [-0.17, 0.35]
GRADE not reported
4 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.09 [-0.14, 0.32]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
4 studies · 212 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD -0.24 [-0.77, 0.28]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.14 [-0.52, 0.23]
GRADE not reported
4 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 0.19 [-14.31, 14.70]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.19 [-0.61, 0.24]
GRADE not reported
3 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD -5.93 [-26.58, 14.72]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 0.3 [-0.18, 0.78]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.56 [-22.38, 21.26]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in gingival crevicular fluid volume (μL)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.02 [-0.15, 0.19]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.02 [-0.30, 0.25]
GRADE not reported
3 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD -0.24 [-0.74, 0.26]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD -6.25 [-25.58, 13.07]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD 0.3 [-0.14, 0.74]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.49 [-0.20, 1.19]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD -0.24 [-0.74, 0.26]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 55 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokerssmokeless tobacco usersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.97 [0.48, 1.46]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD -0.56 [-21.99, 20.87]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Former smokers (stopped at least 6 months before baseline)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.10 [-1.10, 1.30]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.07 [-0.3, 0.44]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD 0.16 [-0.22, 0.53]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Quitters (cigarette smokers who quit after baseline examination)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.03 [-0.75, 0.81]
Low
Downgraded: indirectness
2 studies · 27 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in plaque index
baseline to re-evaluation · direct pairwise estimate
MD -0.28 [-0.88, 0.32]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD -0.02 [-0.39, 0.36]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 0.08 [-0.21, 0.38]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Quitters (cigarette smokers who quit after baseline examination)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD -5.24 [-24.98, 14.49]
Low
Downgraded: indirectness
2 studies · 27 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Quitters (cigarette smokers who quit after baseline examination)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD -5.18 [-26.15, 15.80]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD 0.04 [-0.38, 0.45]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersformer smokersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.0 [-0.24, 0.25]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 0.30 [-0.44, 1.04]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 1.20 [0.66, 1.74]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 25.40 [11.62, 39.18]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation
MD 5.15 [-18.92, 29.21]
Low
Downgraded: inconsistency, indirectness
2 studies · 27 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.03 [-0.73, 0.79]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 1.85 [0.48, 3.22]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): network estimate
MD 0.30 [-0.13, 0.73]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 0.03 [-0.76, 0.83]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 5.63 [-18.79, 30.05]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation
MD 0.02 [-0.56, 0.60]
Low
Downgraded: inconsistency, indirectness
2 studies · 52 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 12.00 [-6.94, 30.94]
Moderate
1 study · 32 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 1.20 [0.68, 1.72]
GRADE not reported
2 studies
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.06 [-0.10, 0.22]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 50 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in clinical attachment loss (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD -0.06 [-0.92, 0.8]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.09 [-0.41, 0.59]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · excluding high risk studies
MD 0.02 [-0.55, 0.58]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.43 [-0.09, 0.94]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 0.04 [-0.56, 0.65]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, uL
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.06 [-0.10, 0.22]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in gingival index (GI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.43 [-0.09, 0.94]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 50 participants
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in bleeding on probing (%)
baseline to re-evaluation · full-mouth sites
MD 3.56 [-20.97, 28.08]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: excluding high risk of bias studies: network estimate
MD 0.99 [0.50, 1.47]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in plaque index (PI), score 0 to 3
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.09 [-0.41, 0.59]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 50 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in bleeding on probing (BOP), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 25.40 [-3.32, 54.12]
Low
Downgraded: inconsistency
1 study · 32 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in clinical attachment loss (CAL), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.30 [-0.14, 0.74]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
1 study · 32 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Main analysis: network estimate
MD 0.99 [0.49, 1.49]
Low
Downgraded: risk of bias
2 studies · 82 participants
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in full-mouth plaque score (FMPS), %
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Sensitivity: randomized clinical trials only: network estimate
MD 12.00 [-4.61, 28.61]
GRADE not reported
1 study
Patients with periodontitis receiving non-surgical periodontal therapynon-smokersquittersChange in probing pocket depth (mm)
baseline to re-evaluation · deep-pocket sites
MD 0.09 [-0.48, 0.66]
GRADE not reported
Studies not reported
Patients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT)Non-smokers (no nicotine or tobacco product use)Smokeless tobacco users (exclusive users)Change in probing pocket depth (PPD), mm
Baseline to re-evaluation after NSPT (follow-up 1 month to 1 year) · Clinical periodontal treatment settings, multiple countries · Subgroup: full-mouth examined sites (subset 0): direct (pairwise) estimate
MD 1.20 [0.67, 1.73]
GRADE not reported
2 studies

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StudyYearAlso included byOutcomes it informs hereTrial data
Preshaw 2005
The effect of quitting smoking on chronic periodontitis.
PMID:15998271
20051 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Rosa 2011
A prospective 12-month study of the effect of smoking cessation on periodontal clinical parameters.
PMID:21488933
20111 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Sheokand 2019
The comparative evaluation of 1% alendronate gel as local drug delivery system in chronic periodontitis in smokers and non smokers:…
PMID:31211036
20191 other reviewnot statednot extracted yet
Abdelazim 2022
Impact of smoking on Gingival Crevicular Fluid and Salivary Periostin levels in Periodontitis Patients following Non-surgical periodontal…
DOI:10.21608/edj.2022.139609.2115
2022this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Abreu 2019
Frequency of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA in smokers and nonsmokers after periodontal therapy.
PMID:30994772
2019this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Akpinar 2013
The effects of non-surgical periodontal therapy on oxidant and anti-oxidant status in smokers with chronic periodontitis.
PMID:23261252
2013this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Al-Hamoudi 2020
Effect of scaling and root planing on the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4, IL-9, IL-10, and IL-13) in the gingival…
PMID:32395386
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Al-Kheraif 2022
Chloro-aluminum phthalocyanine-mediated photodynamic therapy in the treatment of stage-II chronic periodontitis among smokers.
PMID:35678189
2022this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Al-Kheraif 2022
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy using chloro-aluminum phthalocyanine for treating advanced stage-III periodontitis in smoking patients.
PMID:35811336
2022this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
AlAhmari 2019
Effectiveness of scaling and root planning with and without adjunct antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the treatment of chronic…
PMID:30625398
2019this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Apatzidou 2005
Impact of smoking on the clinical, microbiological and immunological parameters of adult patients with periodontitis.
PMID:16104962
2005this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ardais 2014
The effect of smoking on bleeding on probing after nonsurgical periodontal therapy: a quasi-experimental study.
PMID:25337935
2014this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Arikan 2022
Clinical and Biochemical Effects of Smoking on Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment in Grade III Stage C Periodontitis Patients
DOI:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1128101
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Aziz 2015
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Buduneli 2009
Interleukin-17, RANKL, and osteoprotegerin levels in gingival crevicular fluid from smoking and non-smoking patients with chronic…
PMID:19656027
2009this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Camargo 2016
Prevalence of periodontopathogens and Candida spp. in smokers after nonsurgical periodontal therapy - a pilot study.
PMID:27556680
2016this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Chandra 2011
The comparative evaluation of xanthan gel with chlorhexidine (Chlosite) in smokers and non-smokers: A clinical and microbiological…
PMID:22028508
2011this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Chandra 2012
Efficacy of lycopene as a locally delivered gel in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: smokers vs nonsmokers.
PMID:22536592
2012this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
D'Aiuto 2005
Relative contribution of patient-, tooth-, and site-associated variability on the clinical outcomes of subgingival debridement. I. Probing…
PMID:15857074
2005this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Darby 2005
Clinical and microbiological effect of scaling and root planing in smoker and non-smoker chronic and aggressive periodontitis patients.
PMID:15691352
2005this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Do 2023
The influence of smoking on oral neutrophils and matrix metalloproteinase-8 in periodontitis patients before and after nonsurgical…
PMID:37215391
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Eltas 2012
Clinical effects of Nd:YAG laser applications during nonsurgical periodontal treatment in smoking and nonsmoking patients with chronic…
PMID:22694045
2012this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Erdemir 2004
Effects of smoking on clinical parameters and the gingival crevicular fluid levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in patients with chronic…
PMID:15016034
2004this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Erdemir 2007
Effect of smoking on folic acid and vitamin B12 after nonsurgical periodontal intervention.
PMID:17953692
2007this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Feres 2015
Subgingival bacterial recolonization after scaling and root planing in smokers with chronic periodontitis.
PMID:25283721
2015this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Gaind 2024
Evaluation of Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels and Effect of Tobacco Smoking in Periodontally Diseased Non-Diabetic Patients.
PMID:38742163
2024this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ghallab 2010
Salivary-soluble CD44 levels in smokers and non-smokers with chronic periodontitis: a pilot study.
PMID:20429650
2010this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Grossi 1997
Effects of smoking and smoking cessation on healing after mechanical periodontal therapy.
PMID:9150643
1997this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Guentsch 2008
Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity in saliva of periodontitis patients: effect of smoking and periodontal treatment.
PMID:18509684
2008this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Guru 2018
Comparative evaluation of salivary hepatocyte growth factor in smokers and non-smokers with chronic periodontitis.
PMID:29193859
2018this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Hadzic 2023
DOI:10.19193/0393-6384_2023_4_131
NRthis review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Hendek 2015
Effect of initial periodontal therapy on oxidative stress markers in gingival crevicular fluid, saliva, and serum in smokers and…
PMID:25325515
2015this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ikhar 2024
Comparative evaluation of semaphorin-4D, peptidylarginine deiminase-2, and matrix metalloproteinase-8 levels of gingival crevicular fluid…
PMID:37846733
2024this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Karsiyaka Hendek 2020
The effect of smoking on gingival crevicular fluid peptidoglycan recognition protein-1 level following initial periodontal therapy in…
PMID:31587460
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Lutfioglu 2021
Effects of smoking on the gingival crevicular fluid levels of interleukin-17A, interleukin-17E, and oxidative stress following periodontal…
PMID:33458831
2021this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Mantyla 2006
Monitoring periodontal disease status in smokers and nonsmokers using a gingival crevicular fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8-specific…
PMID:17076774
2006this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Mashalkar 2024
matched by author and year (probable)
NRthis review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Maske 2023
Evaluation of efficacy of locally delivered Herbal extract in treatment of Chronic periodontitis –A Randomised controlled trial
DOI:10.47552/ijam.v14i2.2950
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Meenawat 2015
Evaluation of the effect of nicotine and metabolites on the periodontal status and the mRNA expression of interleukin-1β in smokers with…
PMID:26392684
2015this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Mittal 2017
Effect of Smoking and Tobacco Chewing on Periodontal Disease and Non-Surgical Treatment Outcome: A Clinical and Biochemical Study.
PMID:31473716
2017this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Mouzakiti 2012
Expression of MMPs and TIMP-1 in smoker and nonsmoker chronic periodontitis patients before and after periodontal treatment.
PMID:22472034
2012this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ongoz Dede 2023
Six miRNA expressions in the saliva of smokers and non-smokers with periodontal disease.
PMID:36495003
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ozdemir 2021
Photobiomodulation Therapy by 820 nm Diode Laser on Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment of Smoker and Nonsmoker Patients: A Single-Blind…
PMID:33547665
2021this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Padhye 2019
Quantification and Comparison of the Impact of the Smoking Status on Oral Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte and Malondialdehyde Levels in…
PMID:32308331
2019this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Palmer 1999
Non-surgical periodontal treatment with and without adjunctive metronidazole in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:10100041
1999this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Pamuk 2017
The effect of low-level laser therapy as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment on gingival crevicular fluid levels of…
PMID:28394081
2017this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Preber 1986
The effect of non-surgical treatment on periodontal pockets in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:3458727
1986this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Preber 1986
Effect of non-surgical treatment on gingival bleeding in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:3487907
1986this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Preber 1995
Periodontal healing and periopathogenic microflora in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:8613564
1995this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Preshaw 1999
Progression and treatment of chronic adult periodontitis.
PMID:10534076
1999this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Pucher 1997
Results of limited initial periodontal therapy in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:9379329
1997this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Renvert 1998
The clinical and microbiological effects of non-surgical periodontal therapy in smokers and non-smokers.
PMID:9495614
1998this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Ryder 1999
Effects of smoking on local delivery of controlled-release doxycycline as compared to scaling and root planing.
PMID:10522780
1999this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Salhi 2020
Respective Effects of Oral Hygiene Instructions and Periodontal Nonsurgical Treatment (Debridement) on Clinical Parameters and…
PMID:32756385
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Savran 2024
Clinical effects of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation in the periodontal treatment of smokers and non-smokers with periodontitis: a…
PMID:39031219
2024this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Shah 2023
Retrospective exploratory study of smoking status and e-cigarette use with response to non-surgical periodontal therapy.
PMID:35781714
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Toker 2012
Influence of smoking on interleukin-1beta level, oxidant status and antioxidant status in gingival crevicular fluid from chronic…
PMID:22364664
2012this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Tomasi 2004
Locally delivered doxycycline improves the healing following non-surgical periodontal therapy in smokers.
PMID:15257733
2004this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Turkoglu 2016
Does smoking affect gingival crevicular fluid LL-37 levels following non-surgical periodontal treatment in chronic periodontitis?
PMID:26547698
2016this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Vajawat 2022
Local delivery of hyaluronic acid as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis in smokers and…
PMID:36339388
2022this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Varghese 2020
Salivary 8-hydroxyguanosine levels in smokers and non-smokers with chronic periodontitis.
PMID:32065311
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Vijayakumar 2020
Effect of Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Serum Levels of Interleukin-1β and Interleukin-8 in Smokers and Nonsmokers with Chronic…
PMID:33149478
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Vohra 2020
Effectiveness of scaling and root planing with and without adjunct probiotic therapy in the treatment of chronic periodontitis among…
PMID:31985066
2020this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Wan 2009
Effects of smoking on healing response to non-surgical periodontal therapy: a multilevel modelling analysis.
PMID:19236535
2009this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Yadav 2024
Effect of initial periodontal therapy on metallothionein levels in smokers and non-smokers with periodontitis.
PMID:38587608
2024this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Yilmaz 2023
Baseline interleukin-10, CD163, and tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) gingival tissue levels in relation to…
PMID:35819128
2023this review onlynot statednot extracted yet
Zuabi 1999
The effect of smoking and periodontal treatment on salivary composition in patients with established periodontitis.
PMID:10534080
1999this review onlynot statednot extracted yet

Overlap with other reviews

Reviews that include the same primary studies are not independent evidence. Shared counts match studies by PMID, DOI or NCT, and otherwise by author and year (a probable match). Only the non-Cochrane dental reviews have study lists, so overlap with Cochrane reviews is not counted yet.

Review question

ElementPlanned (methods)Found (results)
PopulationPatients with periodontitis undergoing non-surgical periodontal therapy; excluding systemic diseases affecting periodontal health, drug-induced gingival overgrowth medication, aggressive periodontitisPatients with at least stage II periodontitis treated with NSPT (n=67 studies; 56 in NMA; PPD network 3209 patients)
InterventionExposures: traditional cigarette smokers (exclusive), electronic cigarette users (exclusive), former smokers (quit at least 6 months before baseline), quitters (quit after baseline), smokeless tobacco users (exclusive)Cigarette smokers (n=50 studies for PPD), electronic cigarette users (n=2), former smokers (n=4), quitters (n=2), smokeless tobacco users (n=2)
ComparisonNon-smokers (non-users of any nicotine and tobacco product)Non-smokers (n=50 studies for PPD)
OutcomesPrimary: probing pocket depth (mm). Secondary: clinical attachment loss, bleeding on probing, plaque index, full-mouth plaque score, gingival index, gingival crevicular fluid volumePPD (n=52 studies), CAL (n=44), BOP (n=25), PI (n=32), GI (n=26), FMPS (n=15), GCF volume (n=6) networks
Study designsTwo- or multi-armed randomized and non-randomized interventional studiesRandomized clinical trials (13 cited in the RCT-only sensitivity analysis) and non-randomized interventional studies (n=67), published 1985 to 2024; 56 in quantitative synthesis
TimingFollow-up between 1 month and 1 year after NSPTRe-evaluation after NSPT within 1 month to 1 year

AMSTAR 2 items

Two independent extractors rated each item. Their ratings are shown side by side because they have not been reconciled yet. The overall rating follows Shea et al. 2017: one critical flaw gives Low, more than one gives Critically Low.

ItemExtractor AExtractor BAgree
1Research question includes PICO componentsYesNRno
2Protocol established before the reviewcriticalPartial YesNRno
3Choice of study designs explainedNoNRno
4Comprehensive literature searchcriticalNoNRno
5Study selection in duplicateYesNRno
6Data extraction in duplicateYesNRno
7List of excluded studies with reasonscriticalYesNRno
8Included studies described in detailYesNRno
9Risk of bias assessed satisfactorilycriticalRCT: Yes · NRSI: YesNRno
10Funding of included studies reportedNoNRno
11Appropriate meta-analysis methodscriticalRCT: Yes · NRSI: NoNRno
12Impact of risk of bias on the pooled resultsYesNRno
13Risk of bias accounted for in interpretationcriticalYesNRno
14Heterogeneity explainedYesNRno
15Publication bias investigatedcriticalYesNRno
16Conflicts of interest reportedYesNRno
OverallCritically LowNRno