WITHDRAWN: Flossing for the management of periodontal diseases and dental caries in adults.
CONCLUSIONS: There is some evidence from twelve studies that flossing in addition to toothbrushing reduces gingivitis compared to toothbrushing alone. There is weak, very unreliable evidence from 10 studies that flossing plus toothbrushing may be associated with a small reduction in plaque at 1 and 3 months. No studies reported the effectiveness of flossing plus toothbrushing for preventing dental caries.
PMID: 31013348 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Sambunjak D, Nickerson JW, Poklepovic Pericic T, Johnson TM, Imai P, Tugwell P, Worthington HV Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
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