Table 5.

Meta-analysis of Xylitol SFG and plaque quantity using the random-effects model by date of publication.

References	Effect [95% Conf. Interval]			% Weight
Mouton et al. [19]	−0.449	−0.943	0.045	13.71
Kandelman and Gagnon [20]	−0.866	−1.116	−0.617	16.16
Simons et al. [21]	−1.042	−1.519	−0.565	13.90
Haresaku et al. [23]	−0.005	−0.452	0.442	14.24
Al Haboubi et al. [24]	−0.729	−1.053	−0.404	15.50
Keukenmeester et al. [25]	−0.297	−0.669	0.075	15.03
Saheer et al. [26]	−2.080	−2.773	−1.387	11.45
Overall effect (ml)	−0.743	−1.148	−0.338	100.00