Question · asked by 1 review
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs usual care: Dental caries
- Population
- For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6 years of age
- Intervention
- Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Dental caries
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… showed no clear difference in dmfs index score compared with standard care (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions onlyNo studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 50%Low 2 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs Standard care dmfs index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 3 yrs Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… showed no clear difference in dmfs index score compared with standard care (low certainty). Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -0.87 [-2.18, 0.43] | 2 studies · 657 participants | Low |
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs Standard care dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 6 yrs Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… showed no clear difference in dmft index score compared with standard care (low certainty). Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -0.30 [-0.96, 0.36] | 1 study · 187 participants | Low |
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs Standard care dmfs index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 6 yrs It is very uncertain whether package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… changes dmfs index score compared with standard care (very low certainty). Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2019) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD012155.PUB2, superseded | MD -0.99 [-2.45, 0.47] | 1 study · 187 participants | Very low |
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs Standard care dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 6 yrs It is very uncertain whether package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… changes dmft index score compared with standard care (very low certainty). Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2019) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD012155.PUB2, superseded | MD -0.30 [-0.96, 0.36] | 1 study · 187 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood caries 2024 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2023-01 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.