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12 questions in 3 reviews · cluster CL0105

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No studies 3 · 25%Ungraded 3 · 25%Very low 1 · 8.3%Low 5 · 41.7%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

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Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Dietary advice on how to achieve a healthy diet for infants (tailored advice focused on a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol intake) vs Standard care dmfs index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	dmfs was listed in the SoF table but not assessed (not reported for this comparison).	0 studies	No studies
Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and sugar avoidance) and feeding practices (e.g. relating to bottle-feeding and sleep) for infants and young children vs Standard care dmfs index score (decayed, missing, filled primary surfaces; range 0-80) · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 1-3 yrs Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	MD -0.29 [-0.58, 0]	2 studies · 757 participants	Low
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 dmfs index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 3 yrs Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	MD -0.87 [-2.18, 0.43]	2 studies · 657 participants	Low
Breastfeeding promotion and support (e.g. individually tailored home-based peer counselling on the importance of breastfeeding, with advice and support for healthy breastfeeding) vs Standard care dmfs index score · For interventions, pregnant and lactating women; for outcomes, children up to 6 years of age Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	dmfs was listed in the SoF table but not assessed (not reported for this comparison).	0 studies	No studies
Dietary advice on how to achieve a healthy diet for infants (tailored advice focused on a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol intake) vs Standard care dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	dmft was listed in the SoF table but not assessed (not reported for this comparison).	0 studies	No studies
Breastfeeding promotion and support (e.g. individually tailored home-based peer counselling on the importance of breastfeeding, with advice and support for healthy breastfeeding) vs Standard care dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant and lactating women; for outcomes, children up to 6 years of age · Children assessed at 5-6 yrs Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	MD -0.12 [-0.59, 0.36]	2 studies · 652 participants	Low
Advice about a healthy diet (including breastfeeding promotion and sugar avoidance) and feeding practices (e.g. relating to bottle-feeding and sleep) for infants and young children vs Standard care dmft index score (decayed, missing, filled primary teeth; range 0-20) · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 4 yrs Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	MD -0.90 [-1.85, 0.05]	1 study · 340 participants	Very low
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 dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,… · Children assessed at 6 yrs Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood… (2024) · Cochrane	MD -0.30 [-0.96, 0.36]	1 study · 187 participants	Low
Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and dietary components) vs No intervention or delayed intervention (non-intervention control; one trial's control received dental treatment plus an annual supervised toothbrushing session) Caries increment on tooth surfaces (dmfs/DMFS) (prevented fraction) · Children aged 4 to 12 years attending primary school · 15 months Primary school‐based behavioural interventions for preventing caries (2013) · Cochrane	PF 0.65 [0.12, 1.18]	1 study · 60 participants	Low
Primary school-based behavioural intervention (both oral hygiene and dietary components) vs No intervention or delayed intervention (non-intervention control; one trial's control received dental treatment plus an annual supervised toothbrushing session) Caries increment measured by the difference in decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT) · Children aged 4 to 12 years attending primary school · 2 years Primary school‐based behavioural interventions for preventing caries (2013) · Cochrane	PF 0.49	1 study	Ungraded
Individually designed, patient-centred preventive programme: dietary counselling (snacking timing, regular meals, fermentable carbohydrates) plus toothbrushing counselling, delivered by trained dental hygienists (a multi-intervention) vs Basic prevention offered as standard in public dental clinics Dental caries increment: DMFS increment after 4 years · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland · 4 years One‐to‐one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour (2012) · Cochrane	Mean (95% CI) DMFS increment after 4 years: intervention 2.56 (2.07 to 3.05) versus control 4.60 (3.99 to 5.21); significant difference favouring the intervention (P<0.0001; non-overlapping CIs). No between-group point…	1 study · 497 participants	Ungraded
Individually designed, patient-centred preventive programme: dietary counselling (snacking timing, regular meals, fermentable carbohydrates) plus toothbrushing counselling, delivered by trained dental hygienists (a multi-intervention) vs Basic prevention offered as standard in public dental clinics Dental caries increment: DMFS increment after 2 years · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland · 2 years One‐to‐one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour (2012) · Cochrane	Mean (95% CI) DMFS increment after 2 years: intervention 1.86 (1.50 to 2.21) versus control 2.44 (2.12 to 2.77); significant difference favouring the intervention (P<0.05, comparing intervention and control). No…	1 study · 497 participants	Ungraded