ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2022
Update on the Roles of Oral Hygiene and Plaque Control on Periodontal Disease.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Oral Hygiene Practices in Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk, Incidence, and Mortality: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Interdental Brushing on Pregnancy-Associated Gingivitis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Trial
- Randomised-crossover clinical trial on the substantivity of a single application of a gel containing chlorhexidine and o-cymen-5-ol on the oral biofilm and saliva.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Shared Social Determinants and Aggregated Risk Behaviours Associated with Self-Rated Oral Health Among Schoolchildren in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Identifying subtypes of functional dentition in older adults: a population-based regression and latent class analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Improved Plaque-Induced Gingivitis in Students Using Calibrated Interdental Brushes: Results of a 3-Month Multicenter Educational Intervention.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Effect of Visual Feedback on Plaque Control: An RCT Comparing Toothbrushing Methods in Periodontitis Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Treatment of Periodontal Infections, the Possible Role of Hydrogels as Antibiotic Drug-Delivery Systems.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Oral Microbiota in Valvular Heart Disease: Current Knowledge and Future Directions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimto provide an update of the evidence on the effect of oral hygiene instructions (OHI), dental plaque control and in the prevention and treatment of periodontitis.
methodsLiterature searches were performed using MeSH terms, keywords and free words and were published between 2015 and November 2020. The data from the articles were summarized in a narrative review.
resultsData concerning the influence of OHI on periodontal features, the impact of OHI before periodontitis non-surgical treatment, its efficacity on periodontitis prevention and maintenance of healthy periodontium were summarized in the tables of the present narrative review.
conclusionas prevention is better than a cure, it is relevant to bring in light the role of oral hygiene instructions, the patient self-control of dental plaque as well as the professional mechanical plaque removal in the prevention of periodontitis.
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