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Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs usual care: Caries presence in top front four teeth

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
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children
Comparison
usual care
Outcome
Caries presence in top front four teeth

It is very uncertain whether package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… changes caries presence in top front four teeth compared with standard care (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene advice for pregnant women, mothers, infants and young children, plus dietary and feeding practice advice for infants and young children vs Standard care
Caries presence in top front four teeth · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 3 yrs, Higher-protein diet trial
It is very uncertain whether package of oral health education/promotion including oral hygiene… changes caries presence in top front four teeth 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
RR 0.68 [0.42, 1.10]1 study · 226 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood caries
2024 · Cochrane All outcomes
2023-01Not listedNot assessed
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