Professional Dental Cleaning
Professional Dental Cleaning: Who Really Benefits?
Cochrane reviews show routine deep cleaning offers no benefit for stable adults regarding gingivitis or probing depth; benefits are limited to those with gingivitis needing OHI.
Evidence Summary Box
Evidence level: A (routine cleaning) / B (PMPR+OHI)
Strength of conclusion: strong (routine) / moderate (PMPR+OHI)
Main direction: neutral (routine) / conditional benefit (PMPR+OHI)
Assessment status: fully assessed
Evaluated studies: 7 (5 active anchors, 1 context SR, 1 commentary)
Quality mix: 6 primary support / 8 with reservation / 0 critical
Risk of bias: low to moderate
CoI risk: low
Article type: Intervention
Source integrity: visibly clean
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