Primary study · included by 1 review

A clinicomicrobiological study to evaluate the efficacy of manual and powered toothbrushes among autistic patients.

Vajawat 2015 · Vajawat Mayuri, Deepika P C, Kumar Vijay, et al. · Contemporary clinical dentistry · 2015

Included by

Oral Health Interventions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies.

Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2025 · cited as Vajawat 2015 · Table 2; reference list; Figures 5-6

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Plaque index (PI) Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement	SMD -0.73 [-1.02, -0.44]	9 studies · 754 participants	Low
Gingival index (GI) Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement	SMD -0.74 [-1.34, -0.14]	6 studies · 563 participants	Low
Plaque indices combined (PI and OHI-S) Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement	SMD -0.11 [-0.39, 0.18]	2 studies · 197 participants	Low
Plaque indices combined (PI and OHI-S) Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement	SMD -0.95 [-1.39, -0.52]	12 studies · 991 participants	Low
Gingival index (GI) Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement	SMD -0.92 [-1.52, -0.32]	5 studies · 503 participants	Low

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