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Oral health education only (verbal, written, or audio-visual education) delivered by non-dental health workers vs control (no intervention/usual care/isotonic exercise): Caries experience
- Population
- Children (mean age newborn to ~5.2 years) and their parents/carers
- Intervention
- Oral health education only (verbal, written, or audio-visual education) delivered by non-dental health workers
- Comparison
- control (no intervention/usual care/isotonic exercise)
- Outcome
- Caries experience
Oral-health-education-only interventions showed at most a marginal effect on tooth-level caries (dmft SMD -0.11, 95% CI -0.21 to -0.00; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral health education only (verbal, written, or audio-visual education) delivered by non-dental health workers vs Control (usual care, no intervention, or comparison group) Caries experience at the tooth level (dmft) · Children (mean age newborn to ~5.2 years) and their parents/carers · Primary care and community settings; interventions delivered by non-dental health workers (multiple countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, UK, USA, etc.), Oral health education only (vs comprehensive intervention) Oral-health-education-only interventions showed at most a marginal effect on tooth-level caries (dmft SMD -0.11, 95% CI -0.21 to -0.00; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated). The effectiveness of behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting… (2022) All outcomes | SMD -0.11 [-0.21, 0.00] | 2 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The effectiveness of behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting children's oral health: A… 2022 All outcomes | Inception to March 2021 (Medline/PubMed 1946-March 2021) | 59 | Critically Low / Low |
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