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. 2019 Apr 23;2019(4):CD008829. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008829.pub3

Flossing for the management of periodontal diseases and dental caries in adults

Dario Sambunjak 1, Jason W Nickerson 2, Tina Poklepovic Pericic 3, Trevor M Johnson 4,, Pauline Imai 5,6, Peter Tugwell 7, Helen V Worthington 8
Editor: Cochrane Oral Health Group
PMCID: PMC6478368  PMID: 31013348

Reason for withdrawal from publication

Cochrane Oral Health withdrew this review as of Issue 4, 2019 as it has been superseded and updated by the new review: Worthington HV, MacDonald L, Poklepovic Pericic T, Sambunjak D, Johnson TM, Imai P, et al. Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases and dental caries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD012018. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012018.pub2.

The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.

What's new

Date Event Description
23 April 2019 Amended Cochrane Oral Health withdrew this review as of Issue 4, 2019 as it has been superseded and updated by the new review: Worthington HV, MacDonald L, Poklepovic Pericic T, Sambunjak D, Johnson TM, Imai P, et al. Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases and dental caries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD012018. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012018.pub2.

History

Protocol first published: Issue 11, 2010
 Review first published: Issue 12, 2011

Date Event Description
1 March 2012 Amended Minor changes to 'Summary of findings' table: changing 'manual flossing' to 'flossing' in heading, number of participants from 491 to 489 and changing figure in footnote

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia.

    Dario Sambunjak is financially supported by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (grant No. 216‐1080314‐0245 to Matko Marusic)

  • University of Ottawa, Canada.

External sources

  • National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK.

    This project was supported by the NIHR, via Cochrane Infrastructure funding to Cochrane Oral Health. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Systematic Reviews Programme, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health and Social Care.

  • Cochrane Oral Health Global Alliance, Other.

    The production of Cochrane Oral Health reviews has been supported financially by our Global Alliance since 2011 (oralhealth.cochrane.org/partnerships‐alliances). Contributors over the past year have been the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, USA; AS‐Akademie, Germany; the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry, UK; the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, UK; the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, Canada; the Centre for Dental Education and Research at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India; the National Center for Dental Hygiene Research & Practice, USA; New York University College of Dentistry, USA; NHS Education for Scotland, UK; and the Swiss Society for Endodontology, Switzerland.

Withdrawn from publication for reasons stated in the review


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