Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

6 questions · 6 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 83.3%Low 1 · 16.7%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts)

The evidence is very uncertain about the effect of overweight/obesity on caries odds in the permanent dentition (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2007 Z-score)

Overweight/obesity may make little or no difference to the odds of caries in the permanent dentition (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2006 Z-score)

A meta-analysis of 2 studies (permanent dentition, WHO 2006 Z-score) was rated very low certainty; the pooled effect was not shown in the article.

1 finding from 1 review

Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children under 5 years in primary dentition (BMI classified by WHO 2006 Z-score)

The evidence is very uncertain about the effect of overweight/obesity on caries odds in the primary dentition (WHO 2006 Z-score; very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental caries prevalence · Brazilian children/adolescents (BMI classified by WHO 2007 percentile)

The evidence is very uncertain about the effect of overweight/obesity on caries odds (WHO 2007 percentile; 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