Table 3C.

Meta‐analysis for single‐brushing design studies for the Rustogi Modified Navy plaque index ³⁰ using a random model

Single‐brushing design Rustogi Modified Navy plaque index 30	Number of studies	Number of comparisons	Comparison	Effect size			Heterogeneity		Online appendix number
				DiffM	95% CI	P‐value	I 2	P‐value	Forrest plot	Funnel plot	Trial sequential analysis
Participant brushing Sharma et al (1998) 49 Sharma et al (2005) 51 Strate et al (2005) 52 Goyal et al (2009) 57 Ayad et al (2012) 59	5	9	Baseline	−0.00	(−0.01; 0.00)	.14	52%	.03	S6A	NA	NA
			End	0.06	(0.02; 0.09)	.002	96%	<.00001	S6B	NA	S6E
Participant brushing Sharma et al (1998) 49 Sharma et al (2005) 51 Strate et al (2005) 52 Biesbrock et al (2007) 53 Biesbrock et al (2008) 54 Goyal et al (2009) 57 Ayad et al (2012) 59	7	12	Difference	0.06	(0.04; 0.09)	<.00001	96%	<.00001	S6C	S6D	S6F

P‐values are presented in bold if P ≤ .05. According to Sälzer et al 2015. ³⁰

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.