Interdental cleaning device | Toothbrushing only | Floss | Interdental brush |
Floss | 15 studies: Bauroth 2003; Biesbrock 2007; Finkelstein 1990; Graziani 2017; Hague 2007; Jared 2005; Lobene 1982; Mwatha 2017; NCT00855933; Rosema 2008; Schiff 2006; Sharma 2002; Vogel 1975; Walsh 1985; Zimmer 2006 | ‐ | ‐ |
Interdental brush | 2 studies: Graziani 2017; Jared 2005 | 9 studies: Christou 1998; Graziani 2017; Imai 2011; Ishak 2007; Jackson 2006; Jared 2005; Smith 1988; Yankell 2002; Yost 2006 | ‐ |
Wooden tooth cleaning sticks | 2 studies: Finkelstein 1990; Walsh 1985 | 3 studies: Finkelstein 1990; Lewis 2004; Walsh 1985 | ‐ |
Rubber/elastomeric tooth cleaning sticks | 2 studies: Graziani 2017; Vogel 1975 | 9 studies: Cronin 1997; Cronin 2005; Gordon 1996; Graziani 2017; Isaacs 1999; Kazmierczak 1994; Smith 1988; Vogel 1975; Yost 2006 | 3 studies: Graziani 2017; Smith 1988; Yost 2006 |
Oral irrigation | 5 studies: Frascella 2000; Goyal 2012; Meklas 1972; NCT01250769; Walsh 1989 | 2 studies: Barnes 2005; Rosema 2011 | ‐ |