Specificity · Children, adolescents, or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of early enamel caries (in vivo), or extracted teeth of…
1 finding from 1 review
Optical/esthetic improvement (DIAGNOdent reading) · Patients (mainly children) with white spot lesions (WSL)
Resin infiltration produced significantly greater optical improvement than fluoride varnish (MD 4.76, 95% CI 0.74 to 8.78; moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
MD 4.76 [0.74, 8.78]
3 studies · 212 participants
Moderate
MD 3.65 [0.82, 6.48]
2 studies · 172 participants
GRADE not reported
MD 13.15 [3.98, 22.32]
1 study · 40 participants
GRADE not reported
Lesion progression · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic odds ratio (overall test accuracy) · Children, adolescents, or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of early enamel caries (in vivo), or extracted teeth of…
1 finding from 1 review
Percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP) · Adults undergoing orthodontic treatment
No clear difference in bleeding on probing between aligners and fixed appliances in adults at 6-12 weeks (MD -0.26, 95% CI -0.77 to 0.26; very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Occlusal caries detection accuracy · Human permanent posterior teeth (premolars and molars) in patients, occlusal (pit-and-fissure) surfaces
No eligible QLF studies met the meta-analysis inclusion criteria (candidate QLF studies were identified but none had acceptable index/reference tests and reporting quality).
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
0 studies
No studies found
Intervention not reported
Relative abundance of Veillonella spp.
The intervention showed no clear difference in relative abundance of Veillonella spp.; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Failure of therapy · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…
Selective carious tissue removal (selective excavation, SE) probably leads to higher failure of therapy compared with stepwise carious tissue removal (SW) (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
COE with blood/salivary (biomarker) analysis vs Conventional oral examination (COE) alone
Outcome not reported · Apparently healthy adults not reporting symptoms of OPMD or OSCC, attending an organised screening or surveillance programme, or screened…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Initiation of white spot lesions (WSL), visual-tactile assessment · People receiving orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances (upper and/or lower full arch)
Sealant use reduced the incidence of new white spot lesions versus no sealant (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Mean dmft
1 finding from 1 review
MEAN 0.8
1 study
GRADE not reported
Difference in specificity · Asymptomatic children or adults suspected of enamel caries (clinical studies); extracted teeth (in vitro studies)
Imaging and visual classification had similar specificity in the fully within-person analysis.
1 finding from 1 review
Calculus prevalence · Children with beta-thalassemia major in Dubai
Calculus prevalence was 28.9% in children with beta-thalassemia major versus 7.9% in controls.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 28.9
1 study
GRADE not reported
Periodontal disease (periodontitis) coincidence · Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and controls without IBD; mostly adults (one pediatric study), both sexes
Patients with IBD have about 2.5-fold higher odds of coexisting periodontal disease than healthy controls (pooled OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.97-3.15; 6 studies; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · General population in Ethiopia (all ages, age range 6-100 years)
Caries prevalence was highest in the Tigray region at 46.59% (95% CI 24.64 to 68.54); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Tooth brushing less than once daily, males in 2016 · Nationally surveyed adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
Tooth brushing less than once daily was reported by 46.1% of males in 2016.
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy for occlusal caries detection at the caries detection level (D0 versus D1-D4) · Extracted human permanent posterior teeth (premolars and molars), occlusal (pit-and-fissure) surfaces
In in vitro, fibre-optic transillumination pooled sensitivity was 0.97 (95% CI -0.92 to 0.99) for occlusal caries at the caries detection level; ungraded.
4 findings from 1 review
Sensitivity 0.97 [-0.92, 0.99]
1 study
GRADE not reported
AUC 0.92
1 study
GRADE not reported
DOR 38.33 [10.15, 144.77]
1 study
GRADE not reported
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Poor (inadequate) oral hygiene (prevalence) · Autistic children and young adults in Dubai
Poor oral hygiene prevalence was 59%.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 59
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental-care visit prevalence · Children with autism spectrum disorder in Dubai
Sixty-five percent of children with autism spectrum disorder had visited a dentist.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 65
1 study
GRADE not reported
Efficiency, costs or cost-effectiveness · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…
1 finding from 1 review