Secondary prevention of caries · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Caries arrestment at the tooth level · Children and adults with active dental caries (aged 1-50; mostly preschool/school children with primary dentition)
Pooling two trials, SDF and nano-silver fluoride showed no significant difference in tooth-level caries arrestment (OR 1.47; ungraded subgroup).
1 finding from 1 review
Sensitivity for dental caries diagnosis · Children and adults with primary or permanent dentition
Sensitivity ranged from 48% to 98.3% across 13 studies; no meta-analysis or GRADE rating was reported.
1 finding from 1 review
d1-4 efs · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6 years…
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries
FokI(rs2228570) over-dominant model: AA+GG vs AG was not significantly associated with dental caries (OR 1.04); ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries (early childhood caries)
1 finding from 1 review
AOR 3.7
1 study
GRADE not reported
White spot lesion rate and volume · Orthodontic patients of any age with fixed braces (new DLs assessed at debond)
Clearfil Protect Bond showed no WSL-rate difference versus conventional adhesive, with certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
There was no significant difference among the WSL rates of the Clearfil, Opal Seal, and Transbond XT adhesives (p > 0.05).
1 study · 15 participants
GRADE not reported
Primary caries prevention · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Enamel mineral content · Orthodontic patients of any age with fixed braces (new DLs assessed at debond)
Chitosan and TiO2 adhesive showed no enamel mineral-content difference, with certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Children aged 2 to 8 years
The review reported a slightly higher odds ratio at maternal prenatal vitamin D ≤35 nmol/L than at ≤50 nmol/L, without a numeric value in the available sources.
1 finding from 1 review
Health service and/or policy intervention designed to modify access to oral health information or services for pregnant women, new mothers or other primary caregivers vs Standard care (or any comparator)
Outcome not reported · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6 years…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure
MTA and platelet-rich fibrin had comparable pulpotomy success (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Self-perceived (self-rated) oral health status · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Most participants reported positive perceptions of oral health, despite observed disease burden.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
6 studies
GRADE not reported
Enamel remineralization / carious lesion development · Human enamel specimens around orthodontic brackets (in vitro)
In vitro, an ammonium-based methacrylate-containing adhesive showed significant remineralization/anti-demineralization versus control in a single study (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Secondary prevention of caries · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
It is very uncertain whether SDF (given at a particular frequency, concentration, or duration) changes secondary prevention of caries compared with SDF (given at a different frequency, concentration, or duration) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts)
The evidence is very uncertain about the effect of overweight/obesity on caries odds in the primary dentition (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Aesthetics · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions)
1 finding from 1 review
1 study reported that "only 19 (7%) [older adult participants] raised a complaint about the interventions at the 30-mo [month] examination, and half of them complained of black stain on the treated root surfaces." No…
1 study · 43 participants
Very low
Cell death / cytotoxicity induction · Streptococcus mutans (in vitro cultures and biofilms)
One study reported time-dependent cell-death induction (50% at 10 h) with cranberry extract (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level · Children aged 6 years or younger (preschool children)
Preschool children with ECC had significantly lower serum 25(OH)D than caries-free children (WMD -13.96 nmol/l; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction in occurrence of oral conditions · Human patients (any age) with oral-cavity related disorders (e.g. dental caries, periodontitis, gingivitis, peri-implant mucositis,…
Pooled across 8 clinical trials, gene sequencing was associated with a statistically significant risk difference for impact on oral-cavity disorders (RD -0.29, 95% CI -0.32 to -0.26); certainty not GRADE-rated.
1 finding from 1 review