Interventions for preventing dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction following radiotherapy

Interventions for preventing dry mouth and salivary gland dysfunction following radiotherapy

Cochrane Review 6 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Maxillary advancement
Orthognathic surgery
4.4 - - Not assessed
Long-term skeletal relapse
Orthognathic surgery
4.8 - - Not assessed
Speech (deterioration)
Orthognathic surgery
0.11 - - Not assessed
Velopharyngeal function
Orthognathic surgery
1.28 - - Not assessed
Psychological status
Orthognathic surgery
2.95 - - Not assessed
Clinical morbidities
Orthognathic surgery
nan - - 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: CD010403
Outcomes: 6 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 6