Treatment of periodontal disease for glycaemic control in people with diabetes

Treatment of periodontal disease for glycaemic control in people with diabetes

Cochrane Review 12 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Caries (primary teeth) - dmfs increment in 3- to 5-year-olds
12-month recall
0.9 - - Not assessed
Caries (permanent teeth) - DMFS increment in 16- to 20-year-olds
12-month recall
0.86 - - Not assessed
Periodontal disease
12-month recall
nan - - Not assessed
Oral-health-related quality of life
12-month recall
nan - - Not assessed
Other harms
12-month recall
nan - - Not assessed
Caries - Prevalence of moderate to extensive caries
6-month recall
1.04 - - Not assessed
Caries - Number of tooth surfaces with any caries
6-month recall
0.15 - - Not assessed
Periodontal disease - Percentage of sites with gingival bleeding
6-month recall
0.78 - - Not assessed
Caries (dmfs/DMFS increment) - 3-5 year olds (primary teeth)
clinical examination at 24 months
0.9 - - Not assessed
Caries (dmfs/DMFS increment) - 16-20 year olds (permanent teeth)
clinical examination at 24 months
0.86 - - Not assessed
Total time (minutes) - 3-5 year olds (primary teeth)
clinical examination at 24 months
-10.0 - - Not assessed
Total time (minutes) - 16-20 year olds (permanent teeth)
clinical examination at 24 months
-23.7 - - Not assessed
GRADE Certainty of Evidence:
High Very confident in the effect estimate
Moderate Moderately confident in the effect estimate
Low Limited confidence in the effect estimate
Very Low Very little confidence in the effect estimate

Review Information

Review ID: CD004346
Outcomes: 12 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 12