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Dental caries vs Caries-free controls: Oral health-related quality of life
In adolescents (10-19 years), dental caries was associated with poorer OHRQoL (pooled OR 3.92; 5 studies); ungraded.
What each review found
Current versions only| 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 (dichotomous: poor vs not) · Indians across all ages (children, adolescents, adults, elderly) · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states, Adolescents 10-19 years (dichotomous) In adolescents (10-19 years), dental caries was associated with poorer OHRQoL (pooled OR 3.92; 5 studies); ungraded. Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | OR 3.92 [2.06, 7.48] | 5 studies · 3171 participants | GRADE not reported |
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 GOHAI · Indians across all ages (children, adolescents, adults, elderly) · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states Three studies using GOHAI found dental caries associated with poorer OHRQoL (P<0.05); narrative, ungraded. Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | Dental caries and QoL (GOHAI): all three studies (Appukuttan 2016, Rekhi 2018, Rekhi 2015) found decayed teeth associated with poorer QoL (P<0.05); not pooled. | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Dental caries (assessed by DMFT/deft/dmft, WHO criteria or PUFA) vs Individuals without dental caries Oral health-related quality of life (dichotomous: poor vs not) · Indians across all ages (children, adolescents, adults, elderly) · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states, By OHRQoL scale / score direction (dichotomous) In a subgroup by OHRQoL scale, dental caries was associated with poorer OHRQoL (pooled OR 4.73; 7 studies); ungraded. Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | OR 4.73 [2.91, 7.68] | 7 studies · 4114 participants | GRADE not reported |
Dental caries (assessed by DMFT/deft/dmft, WHO criteria or PUFA) vs Individuals without dental caries Oral health-related quality of life (dichotomous: poor vs not) · Indians across all ages (children, adolescents, adults, elderly) · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states Individuals with dental caries probably have poorer oral health-related quality of life than those without (pooled OR 3.54; 10 studies; moderate certainty). Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | OR 3.54 [2.24, 5.60] | 10 studies · 4945 participants | Moderate |
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 OHIP-14 / ECOHIS / Michigan Oral Health QoL · Indians across all ages (children, adolescents, adults, elderly) · India; community-based and institutional settings across multiple states OHRQoL was worse in individuals with dental caries on OHIP-14/ECOHIS/Michigan scales (pooled SMD 0.87; 6 studies); this estimate was not GRADE-rated. Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and… (2023) All outcomes | SMD 0.87 [0.34, 1.40] | 6 studies · 4511 participants | Moderate |
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.