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ReviewDentistry journal2023

Methods for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Home Oral Hygiene Measures-A Narrative Review of Dental Biofilm Indices.

Gerarda D'Elia, William Floris, Lorenzo Marini, Denise Corridore, Mariana Andrea Rojas, Livia Ottolenghi, Andrea Pilloni

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Review in Dentistry journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Gerarda D'EliaSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.
William FlorisSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo MariniSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6662-2644
Denise CorridoreSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7333-4106
Mariana Andrea RojasSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8712-0958
Livia OttolenghiSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7390-4316
Andrea PilloniSection of Periodontics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, #6 Via Caserta, 00161 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental plaque is a biofilm structured in an extracellular matrix of polymers of host and microbial origin; the microorganisms can coexist in harmony with the host, thus guarantying oral health. Environmental modifications can lead to dysbiosis and onset of oral diseases; in fact, plaque is the etiological agent both of periodontal disease and dental decay. The use of an effective oral hygiene index should be considered as a relevant goal for the clinicians and the researchers, and consequently, numerous plaque indices have been proposed during the years. The present literature review aims primarily to obtain a complete summary of these scores to assess plaque deposits. It is useful because the clinician/researcher will select the right scoring method for the specific situation only if he knows the available options and if he is aware of both their strengths and weaknesses. This review applies a basic classification of plaque indices that distinguishes the ones that use non-quantitative methods from the ones that use quantitative methods. Non-quantitative methods are more subjective because they are based on the ability of the clinician to point out the presence or the entity of deposits, while quantitative methods introduce objectifiable means to measure plaque deposits.

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biofilmsclassificationdental cariesdental plaqueindexoral hygieneperiodontal diseasesperiodontal indexpreventive dentistry

Identifiers

PMID37504238
PMCPMC10378657

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