Isolated cleft palate (CP) or other specific cleft type vs Cleft lip and palate (CLP) or other cleft type
Caries experience by cleft type · Children in the primary dentition with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P)
Whether cleft type is associated with caries experience could not be determined; the planned CP-versus-CL/P subgroup analysis was not possible owing to sparse isolated-CP data (5 studies described narratively; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
- Caries in children with and without orofacial clefting: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 2022 All outcomesChildren with CL/P and comparable non-CL/P children across 12 countries (India, Brazil, China, Sweden, UK, USA, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Jordan, Thailand); studies published 1989-2021Five studies investigated caries experience by cleft type (Howe 2017; Kirchberg 2014; Mutarai 2008; Sunderji 2017; Zhu 2010). A subgroup analysis comparing CP and CL/P as different entities was not possible due to the…5 studiesGRADE not reported