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UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Mechanical plaque removal of periodontal maintenance patients A systematic review and network meta-analysis Slot, D.E.; Valkenburg, C.; Van der Weijden, G.A. DOI 10.1111/jcpe.13275 Publication date 2020 Document Version Final published version Published in Journal of Clinical Periodontology Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Slot, D. E., Valkenburg, C., & Van der Weijden, G. A. (2020). Mechanical plaque removal of periodontal maintenance patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 47(S22), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13275 General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:29 Sep 2021 Received: 29 August 2019 | Revised: 20 January 2020 | Accepted: 10 February 2020 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13275 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Mechanical plaque removal of periodontal maintenance patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis Dagmar E. Slot1 | Cees Valkenburg1,2 | G.A. (Fridus) Van der Weijden1 1Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Abstract University of Amsterdam and Vrije Aim: This systematic review synthesizes the available clinical evidence concerning Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands efficacy of mechanical oral hygiene devices in periodontal maintenance patients. 2General dentist and clinical epidemiologist, Material and Methods: Three databases were searched up to October 2019 for clini- Hoevelaken, The Netherlands cal trials conducted in adult patients in periodontal maintenance which evaluated the Correspondence effect of toothbrushes or an interdental device on plaque removal and parameters Dagmar E. Slot, Department of of periodontal diseases. Descriptive analysis and network meta-analysis (NMA) were Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of performed. Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Results: Sixteen eligible publications, including 17 relevant comparisons, were re- Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. trieved. Four out of five comparisons found no clinical difference between a manual Email: [email protected] and power toothbrush. Of the interdental cleaning devices, the interdental brushes Funding information (IDBs) reduced plaque scores more effectively than a manual toothbrush alone. For This research received no specific grant the oral irrigator, two out of three comparisons indicated a positive effect on gin- from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors. The work givitis scores, and probing pocket depth. The NMA demonstrated that for plaque for this paper was funded by the regular removal the adjuvant use of IDBs was significantly more effective than the manual academic appointments of Slot and Van der Weijden at the Academic Centre for toothbrush alone. For the reduction of gingival inflammation, no product ranked Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). higher than the manual toothbrush. Conclusion: Due to the scarcity of studies that met the inclusion criteria for each of the oral hygiene devices and the low certainty of the resultant evidence, no strong “evidence-based” conclusion can be drawn concerning any specific oral hygiene de- vice for patient self-care in periodontal maintenance. KEYWORDS interdental devices, maintenance, supportive periodontal therapy, toothbrush 1 | INTRODUCTION treatment consists of a phase of active periodontal therapy (APT), which is followed by supportive periodontal therapy (SPT) to reduce Periodontitis is a ubiquitous and inflammatory condition that repre- the risk of re-infection and progression of the disease. SPT includes sents a significant public health burden (Chapple et al., 2015). Severe a periodontal re-evaluation and risk assessment and supragingival periodontitis affects over 11% of adults; is a major cause of tooth and subgingival removal of bacterial plaque and calculus. Evaluation loss that negatively impacts speech, nutrition, quality of life and self- of oral hygiene performance and motivation and re-instruction in esteem; and has systemic inflammatory consequences (Kassebaum oral hygiene practices are necessary for the long-term success of et al., 2014). Periodontitis is bacterially induced, and the respond- periodontal treatment (Tonetti, Chapple, Jepsen, & Sanz, 2015; ing chronic inflammatory process results in loss of the connec- Tonetti, Eickholz, et al., 2015). Effective plaque control practices tive tissues and bone that support teeth (Lang, 2014). Periodontal are particularly important for periodontitis patients because they J Clin Periodontol. 2020;47:107–124. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jcpe © 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. | 107 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd 108 | SLOT ET AL. have demonstrated susceptibility to periodontal inflammation. The importance of self-performed plaque control cannot be properly in- Clinical Relevance ferred from the systematic reviews that are currently available be- Scientific rationale for the study: Daily oral self-care is cause patient motivation and instruction in oral hygiene practices critical to the long-term success of periodontal therapy. were combined with SPT in most of the studies (Sanz et al., 2015). Currently, no synthesis of the available literature is avail- However, substantial periodontal deterioration was observed in the able concerning mechanical oral home care during peri- patients enrolled in a maintenance regimen that was solely based odontal maintenance. on self-performed plaque control without SPT (Sanz et al., 2015; Principal findings: No clinical differences between a power Trombelli, Franceschetti, & Farina, 2015). toothbrush and manual toothbrush were found. There is As plaque is considered the major aetiological factor of peri- some (mainly indirect) evidence that indicates that the ad- odontal diseases, patient cooperation in daily plaque removal is crit- juvant use of interdental brushes is effective for improving ical to the long-term success of dental and periodontal treatment plaque score reduction. (Chapple et al., 2015). With respect to recommendations for oral hy- Practical implications: Periodontal maintenance patients giene practices, there is a wide range of variability between what is can be advised to use either a power or manual tooth- known and what is practised. This may be due to the lack of transla- brush. For interdental cleaning, interdental brushes are the tion of relevant scientific evidence into information that is useful for device of choice. As alternative, an oral irrigator may be the dental care professional and the patient. It is however important considered. that professional recommendations incorporate the best available scientific evidence to maximize successful patient care outcomes. This evidence-based approach improves the quality of health care by assimilating scientific evidence into practice and by reducing vari- ations in practice patterns (Lehane et al., 2018). One concern is that 2.1 | Focused PICOS question most studies on home care products for mechanical plaque control are performed on gingivitis patients (Van der Weijden & Slot, 2015). Based on (randomized) controlled clinical trials (study design), what Even though these studies have demonstrated desired outcomes, is, in periodontal maintenance patients (patient), the effect on the results may not be directly applicable to periodontitis patients plaque removal and parameters of periodontal diseases (outcome) with periodontal pockets. Currently, there has been no systematic of the following: evaluation or significant syntheses of knowledge about the clinical effect of toothbrushes and interdental cleaning devices among peri- 1. Power toothbrushes (PTBs) (intervention) as compared to manual odontitis patients during periodontal maintenance. Therefore, the toothbrushes (MTBs) (control)? aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the available evidence 2. interdental oral hygiene devices (intervention) compared to no in- concerning mechanical oral hygiene devices in periodontal mainte- terdental cleaning (control) as adjunct to toothbrushing? nance patients. 3. Different interdental cleaning devices (intervention/control) as adjunct to toothbrushing 2 | MATERIALS AND METHODS TABLE 1 Search Strategy This systematic review was prepared in accordance with the Search terms used for PubMed–MEDLINE and Cochrane-CENTRAL. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions The search strategy was customized according to the database (Higgins & Green, 2011), and the recommendations for strength- being searched. ening the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses The following strategy