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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
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current versionsNo studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 6 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
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| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for dental treatment · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | N=37 articles analyzed patients' willingness-to-pay (3 RCTs, 6 non-RCTs, 26 cross-sectional, 2 mixed-methods); most examined WTP for a specific treatment (N=29). WTP is higher for aesthetic than functional treatments… | 37 studies | Ungraded |
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions (overall) · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | n=101 factors of choice identified across 233 articles, grouped into three categories: (I) Dentist & dental institution (n=44 factors), (II) Patient (n=37), (III) Treatment (n=20); no effect sizes were pooled… | 233 studies | Ungraded |
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Dental fear (fear of treatment) as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | 'Fear' (of treatment; synonyms e.g., 'fear of needles') identified in N=64 articles (code frequency n=73), the second most frequent factor; frequently reported in India (42%), Saudi Arabia (39%) and Brazil (36%), but… | 64 studies | Ungraded |
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | 'Aesthetics' (synonyms e.g., 'cosmetic') identified in N=53 articles (code frequency n=64); mentioned most in Brazil (57%) and Saudi Arabia (30%), less often in India (11%) and Turkey (9%). | 53 studies | Ungraded |
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) as a barrier to dental treatment · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… · US patients surveyed at COVID-19 onset (Papautsky et al., n=2570) Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | One article (Papautsky et al., US convenience sample n=2,570) reported that fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection led patients to postpone and cancel dental treatments; dental care respondents were most likely to report delays… | 1 study · 2570 participants | Ungraded |
Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs None (no comparator defined) Pain as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for… Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) | 'Pain' (synonyms e.g., 'pain intensity') identified in N=49 articles (code frequency n=61); frequent in Brazil (43%), Canada (25%) and the USA (23%), not identified in Germany (0); reported across about 34 countries… | 49 studies | Ungraded |