Dental caries vs Caries-free controls: Oral health-related quality of life
In children aged 3-5 years, early childhood caries was significantly associated with poorer OHRQoL (narrative; 3 studies); ungraded.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental caries (assessed by DMFT/deft/dmft, WHO criteria or PUFA) vs Individuals without dental caries Oral health-related quality of life (continuous), measured by ECOHIS / Michigan Oral Health QoL · Indian children aged 3-5 years · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states, Children 3-5 years (ECOHIS/Michigan, continuous) In children aged 3-5 years, early childhood caries was significantly associated with poorer OHRQoL (narrative; 3 studies); ungraded. Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | Subgroup children 3-5 years (continuous, ECOHIS/Michigan): early childhood caries significantly associated with poorer OHRQoL (Singh N 2020, Ghanghas 2019, Jaggi 2019); not pooled. | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and Meta-analysis. 2023 All outcomes | Up to July 2022 | 41 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.