Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and sugar avoidance) and feeding practices (e.g. relating to bottle-feeding and sleep) for infants and young children vs usual care: Caries in primary teeth: dmft (3 years)
- 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
- Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and sugar avoidance) and feeding practices (e.g. relating to bottle-feeding and sleep) for infants and young children
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Caries in primary teeth: dmft (3 years)
It is very uncertain whether advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and… changes dmft index score (decayed, missing, filled primary teeth; range 0-20) compared with standard care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and sugar avoidance) and feeding practices (e.g. relating to bottle-feeding and sleep) for infants and young children vs Standard care dmft index score (decayed, missing, filled primary teeth; range 0-20) · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 4 yrs It is very uncertain whether advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and… changes dmft index score (decayed, missing, filled primary teeth; range 0-20) compared with standard care (very low certainty). Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -0.90 [-1.85, 0.05] | 1 study · 340 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
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