Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria) vs No screening: Dental attendance
- Population
- primary or secondary school pupils
- Intervention
- Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria)
- Comparison
- No screening
- Outcome
- Dental attendance
Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… showed no clear difference in dental attendance compared with no screening (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria) vs No screening Dental attendance · School children, primary and secondary schools in the UK · 3 to 4 months Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… showed no clear difference in dental attendance compared with no screening (low certainty). School dental screening programmes for oral health (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes | RR 1.07 [0.99, 1.16] | 2 studies · 4980 participants | Low |
Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria) vs No screening Dental attendance · School children, primary and secondary schools in the UK · 3 to 4 months Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… showed no clear difference in dental attendance compared with no screening (low certainty). School dental screening programmes for oral health (2019) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD012595.PUB3, superseded | RR 1.07 [0.99, 1.16] | 2 studies · 4980 participants | Low |
Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria) vs No screening Dental attendance · School children, primary and secondary schools in the UK · 3 to 4 months Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… showed no clear difference in dental attendance compared with no screening (low certainty). School dental screening programmes for oral health (2017) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD012595.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.07 [0.99, 1.16] | 2 studies · 4980 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| School dental screening programmes for oral health 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2021-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
- Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established criteria) vs Traditional screening · primary or secondary school pupils · 1 review
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.