Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment

Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment

Cochrane Review 2 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Caries progression measured by DSR > pairwise > visual scoring (12 months to 36 months follow‐up)
non‐invasive treatments (e.g. fluoride varnish advice to floss)
0.24 - - Not assessed
Change in decayed, missing and filled (DMF/dmf) figures at surface, tooth and whole mouth level.
non‐invasive treatments (e.g. fluoride varnish advice to floss)
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: CD010431
Outcomes: 2 assessed

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Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 2