Trial reportInternational journal of dental hygiene2022
Clinical evaluation of air polishing with erythritol powder followed by ultrasonic calculus removal versus conventional ultrasonic debridement and rubber cup polishing for the treatment of gingivitis: A split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in International journal of dental hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical Efficacy of Interventions Based on Professional Mechanical Plaque Removal in the Treatment of Dental Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical effects of erythritol, glycine and trehalose as subgingival air-polishing powders on non-surgical periodontal treatment:a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Analysis of the factors influencing the occurrence of peri-implantitis in patients with implant-supported restoration and study on the maintenance effect of subgingival sandblasting.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Guided biofilm therapy versus conventional protocol-clinical outcomes in non-surgical periodontal therapy.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Clinical evaluation of air polishing with erythritol powder followed by ultrasonic calculus removal versus conventional ultrasonic debridement and rubber cup polishing for the treatment of gingivitis: A split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial.International journal of dental hygiene · 2022Trial
- Article
- Antimicrobial Efficacy and Soft-Tissue Safety of Air-Polishing Powders in Periodontal Therapy: A Narrative Review.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Review
- Sustainable Production and Antioxidant Activity of Bacterial Xanthan Gum.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical Comparison of Guided Biofilm Therapy and Scaling and Root Planing in the Active Phase of Periodontitis Management.European journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Colour Changes and Surface Roughness After Air-Polishing for Tobacco Stain Removal.International dental journal · 2025Article
- Varying responses to periodontal treatment in different extent of plaque-induced gingivitis: a prospective cohort study.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Comparative study on the effects of different polishing methods on tooth surface microstructure and roughness following initial periodontal treatment.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Air powder waterjet technology using erythritol or glycine powders in periodontal or peri-implant prophylaxis and therapy: A consensus report of an expert meeting.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the clinical efficacy in the short-term resolution of gingivitis of a novel protocol involving full-mouth erythritol powder air polishing followed by ultrasonic calculus removal.
methodsForty-one healthy patients completed the study. Following a split-mouth design, quadrants 1-4 and 2-3 were randomly allocated to receive air polishing followed by ultrasonic calculus removal (A+US) or traditional full-mouth ultrasonic debridement followed by polishing with a rubber cup and prophylactic paste (US+P). Bleeding on probing (BoP) and plaque index (PI) were collected at baseline and 2 and 4 weeks. Moreover, the residual plaque area (RPA), treatment time and patient comfort/satisfaction were evaluated at the end of the treatment.
resultsBoth treatments showed a significant reduction in BoP and PI. At 4 weeks, A+US seems to reach a statistically significant lower BoP (8.7% [6.9; 10.9] vs. 11.6%[9.3; 14.4], p < 0.0001) and PI (10.7% [8.9; 13.0] vs. 12.3% [10.2; 14.9], p = 0.033). Moreover, A+US treatment time lasted on average 9.2% less than US+P (p < 0.0001) and was the preferred treatment for a significantly higher number of patients (73.2% vs. 17.1%, p = 0.0001).
conclusionThe A+US protocol is suitable for the short-term resolution of plaque-induced gingivitis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.