Papers/PMID:33729563
Different applications forms of green tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) for the treatment of periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of periodontal research2021The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Camellia sinensis — decreases bleeding on probing
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“The subgroup meta-analysis showed that the green tea as sachet reduced probing bleeding (SMD = -0.71; 95%CI) and the gingival index (SMD = -0.78; 95%CI) compared to SRP with very low certainty of evidence.”
Quoted verbatim from Different applications forms of green tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) for the treatment of periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Patients with periodontitis; green tea sachet used as an adjunct to scaling and root planing, versus scaling and root planing alone (sachet application-form subgroup)
Effect -0.71 standardised mean difference
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