Development of Tooth Brushing Recommendations Through Professional Consensus
| dc.contributor.author | Anne-Marie Glenny | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tanya Walsh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Makiko Iwasaki | |
| dc.contributor.author | Elham Kateeb | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mariana Minatel Braga | |
| dc.contributor.author | Philip Riley | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paulo Melo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-24T05:55:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-24T05:55:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-10-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Despite being a largely preventable disease, untreated caries of permanent teeth is estimated to affect almost 2 billion people worldwide, which is followed by severe periodontal disease. The aim of this work was to provide a professional consensus on tooth brushing methods and associated oral hygiene behaviours and develop evidence-informed recommendations. Methods: An initial scoping search was undertaken to identify systematic reviews of rele-vance and key questions. This was followed by comprehensive evidence mapping of the lit-erature focussing on systematic reviews and clinical guidelines. Electronic searches of several databases including MEDLINE (via Ovid), Embase (via Ovid), Epistemonikos, and The Cochrane Library were undertaken from 2000 to May 2022, alongside a guideline repository search. Considered Judgement Forms were developed detailing the underpinning evidence, balance between benefits and harms, potential impact on the population, and feasibility of implementation. An online survey comprising 22 draft recommendations was distributed to international members of all FDI committees, including the FDI Council. Participants were asked to indicate to what level they agreed or disagreed with for each recommendation and to provide feedback. The Considered Judgement Forms were provided for reference. Results: Three hundred ten records were identified and mapped to different aspects of tooth brushing methods and associated behaviours. Research literature informed 7 Considered Judgement Forms comprising 12 questions with draft recommendations. Twenty-five par-ticipants from Asia, Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Australia provided feed-back on the recommendations. More than 70% of respondents showed agreement with 21 of the 22 draft recommendations. Final recommendations were drafted with associated strength of recommendation. Conclusion: Using a robust methodology and an international professional consensus, a set of evidence-informed recommendations was developed. These recommendations provide clinicians with practical guidance to facilitate communications with patients that may help to reinforce individual-level preventive strategies. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank all the people who completed the survey as well as Mariana Araujo, FDI World Dental Feder-ation, for her valuable assistance. Funding: This work was supported by the FDI World Dental Federation, which is supported by Haleaon. The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and inter-pretation of data or in writing the manuscript. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/9263 | |
| dc.publisher | ELSEVIER | |
| dc.title | Development of Tooth Brushing Recommendations Through Professional Consensus |