2. Summary of dental health outcomes assessed.
| Dental plaque | Denture plaque | Gingivitis | Caries | |
| Bellomo 2005 | PI | Index for plaque accumulation (Denture Plaque Index) by Ambjørnsen 1982 | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| De Visschere 2011 | PI (PO) | Method of Augsburger 1982 (PO) | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| De Visschere 2012 | PI (PO) | Method of Augsburger 1982 (PO) | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Frenkel 2001 | OHI‐S (PO) | Method of Augsburger 1982 (PO) | Gingivitis (Suomi 1968) (PO) Denture‐induced stomatitis (Budtz‐Jørgensen 1970) (PO) |
Root caries* (SO) |
| MacEntee 2007 | GDI‐S (PO) | Not assessed | GBI* (PO) | Not assessed |
| Mojon 1998 | PI (PO) | Not assessed | Denture‐induced stomatitis (Budtz‐Jørgensen 1970) (PO) | Caries* (PO) Root caries* (PO) |
| Schou 1989 | Not assessed | Index for plaque accumulation (Denture Plaque Index) by Ambjørnsen 1982 (PO) | Denture‐induced stomatitis (Budtz‐Jørgensen 1970) (PO) | Not assessed |
| Van der Putten 2013 | PI (PO) | Method of Augsburger 1982 (PO) | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Zenthöfer 2013 | Plaque‐control record* (PO) | DHI* (PO) | GBI* (PO) | Not assessed |
| PO: primary outcome measure; SO: secondary outcome measure. DHI: Denture Hygiene Index; GBI: Gingival Bleeding Index; GDI‐S: Geriatric Simplified Debris Index; OHI‐S: Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; PI: Plaque Index | ||||
*Dichotomously assessed.