This review comparing of air polishing devices with conventional periodontal therapy (hand instrumentation and/or ultrasonic debridement), in patients undergoing periodontal maintenance therapy included 14 RCTs. The findings suggest that they have comparable clinical efficay although the evidence is of low certainty.
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The aim of the study was to investigate whether, in a school-based setting in a low caries prevalence population xylitol/maltitol or erythritol/maltitol conferred any additional caries preventive effect. Xylitol is a non-fermentable sugar alcohol Erythritol is a noncaloric tetritol (tetrahydroxy alcohols) with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose. Maltitol is generally considered an inert [read the full story…]
