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The objective of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of nutraceutical products (NPs) and other classes of nonsurgical interventions in OSF management using the network meta-analysis (NMA) approach. After registering with PROSPERO, the present study systematically searched for relevant studies in databases. PICO framework was used to identify studies relevant to evaluate the effectiveness of NPs and other classes of interventions. Standard NMA tools were used to assess the quality of the included studies and perform analysis. A total of 51 studies were included for final analysis with 53 trials. The primary outcome of identified studies was the mean difference (MD) in mouth opening (MO) expressed as mean (95% confidence interval). There were 16 interventions including placebo involving 3850 patients. 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