Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · General population (children and adults) in East Africa
Caries prevalence in primary dentition was 39.5% (95% CI 26.9 to 52.1); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · General population (children and adults) in East Africa
Caries prevalence in mixed dentition (6-12 years) was 41.3% (95% CI 33.5 to 49.2); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence
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Dental caries prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
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Dental caries prevalence
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Dental caries prevalence · General population (children and adults) in East Africa
Caries prevalence was lowest in Tanzania at 30.7% (95% CI 21.5 to 39.9); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence was highest in South American studies at 84% (95% CI 0.67 to 0.94); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence in Asian studies was 67% (95% CI 0.43 to 0.85); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence was lowest among those with good metabolic control at 47% (95% CI 0.30 to 0.64); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence in European studies was 57% (95% CI 0.41 to 0.72); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence
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Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
The pooled prevalence of dental caries among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes was 67% (95% CI 0.56 to 0.77), with high heterogeneity (I2=83%); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes assessed with DMFT
When restricted to studies using DMFT, the pooled dental caries prevalence was 62%.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 0.62
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence in the single North American study was 64% (95% CI 0.52 to 0.74); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence was lower in those with mean age >10 years at 57% (95% CI 0.45 to 0.68); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence was higher in those with mean age <=10 years at 80% (95% CI 0.74 to 0.85); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Children (<12 years) and adolescents (12-18 years) with type 1 diabetes
Caries prevalence among those with poor metabolic control was 66% (95% CI 0.43 to 0.83); certainty not graded.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · Primary school children in Ethiopia
Among studies using systematic random sampling, the pooled prevalence of dental caries was 35% (ungraded; CI not reported).
4 findings from 1 review
Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among primary school children in Ethiopia: systematic review and… 2024 All outcomesSchools; Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Finote Selam, Harer, Debre Birhan, North Showa) · Sampling technique: systematic random sampling
Prevalence 30 [15, 44]
2 studies · 554 participants
GRADE not reported
Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among primary school children in Ethiopia: systematic review and… 2024 All outcomesSchools; Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Finote Selam, Harer, Debre Birhan, North Showa) · Sampling technique: multi-stage random sampling
Prevalence 21 [19, 23]
1 study · 1736 participants
GRADE not reported
Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among primary school children in Ethiopia: systematic review and… 2024 All outcomesSchools; Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Finote Selam, Harer, Debre Birhan, North Showa) · Sampling technique: simple random sampling
Prevalence 42 [35, 49]
4 studies · 1421 participants
GRADE not reported
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Dental caries prevalence · adults
With a non-standard periodontitis definition, the association persisted (OR 1.38).
12 findings from 1 review
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Dental caries prevalence · Children aged 12 years (plus or minus one year) in Africa
The pooled dental-caries prevalence was 0.3657 (95% CI 0.3065 to 0.4250); GRADE was not reported.
2 findings from 1 review
Prevalence 0.3657 [0.3065, 0.4250]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.356 [0.294, 0.417]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported