Dental floss for preventing dental caries and gingivitis
Dental floss for preventing dental caries and gingivitis
Cochrane Review
10 SoF Entries
Summary of Findings
Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology
| Outcome | Effect | Participants | Studies | Certainty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Acceptance of LA
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
Completion of dental treatment
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
Successful LA/painless treatment
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
pain‐related behaviour during LA (children who exhibited a negative versus positive behaviour; Frankl Behaviour Rating Scale (FBRS))
conventional treatment |
0.13 | - | - | Not assessed |
|
Patient satisfaction: measured by questionnaires
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
Adverse effects
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
pain‐related behaviour (any disruptive behaviour/sudden reaction/movement)
traditional LA |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
pain (Sound, Eyes, and Motor (SEM) scale; dichotomous ‐ any pain versus no pain, higher score indicates high pain experience)
conventional treatment |
0.12 | - | - | Not assessed |
|
Completion of dental treatment
conventional treatment |
nan | - | - | Not assessed |
|
pain (Modified Objective Pain Score (mOPS); VAS: 0 to 10, higher score indicates worse pain experience)
conventional treatment |
-1.79 | - | - | 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: | CD011024 |
| Outcomes: | 10 assessed |
Related Content
Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed:
10