The November issue of the Cochrane Library sees  the publication a  number of new oral health related protocols. This indicates research in progress, of course, and we would not expect results to be published for some time.  However, people who are investigating these topic areas may like to know that a review is under way.

The full text of each protocol is available from the Cochrane Library:

Li C, Wang Y, Lv Z, Jia Y, Wang S, Shi Z, Chen X, Zhou X. Effect of periodontal treatments on blood pressure (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD009409. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009409.

Semple C, Parahoo K, Mills M, Humphris G, McCaughan E, Bessell A. Psychosocial interventions for patients with head and neck cancer (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD009441. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009441.

Deng Y, Mahdian M, George AT, Blake B, Huang D, Shi Z. Laser therapy for dentinal hypersensitivity (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD009434. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009434.