Question · asked by 1 review
Cessation of water fluoridation (fluoride removed from the water supply) vs Continued fluoridated water: Dental caries in permanent teeth
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Cessation of water fluoridation (fluoride removed from the water supply) vs Continued fluoridated water Caries in permanent teeth (DMFS) · People of all ages in a previously fluoridated community (Maupome 2001: children with generally low caries experience) · Follow-up 3 years Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries (2015) · Cochrane All outcomes | Insufficient evidence to determine the effect of the cessation of water fluoridation on caries. One study (Maupome 2001), at high risk of bias, over 3 years found no increase in caries in the fluoride-ended group… | 1 study · 9249 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries 2015 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2015-02 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
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
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