Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 16 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.83.
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 16 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.94.
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12–19 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.74 (I² = 99.9%).
1 finding from 1 review
No formal maternal education prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 10% of children with caries in LMICs had mothers with no formal education (pooled prevalence 0.101, 95% CI 0.033 to 0.201; 3 studies; not GRADE-rated).
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 17 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.84.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 14 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.82.
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 18 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.94 (I² = 0%).
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 18 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.74.
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 15 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.50 (I² = 99.4%).
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Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 19 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.92.
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Sugary drinks/sweets consumption prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 70% of children with caries in LMICs consumed sugary drinks/sweets (pooled prevalence 0.697, 95% CI 0.478 to 0.877; 7 studies; very high heterogeneity; not GRADE-rated).
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Caregiver help with tooth brushing prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 54% of children with caries in LMICs received caregiver help with tooth brushing (pooled prevalence 0.541, 95% CI 0.266 to 0.803; 3 studies; not GRADE-rated).
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Secondary/higher maternal education prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 45% of children with caries in LMICs had mothers with secondary or higher education (pooled prevalence 0.450, 95% CI 0.330 to 0.572; 7 studies; not GRADE-rated).
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Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence in children
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC), prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 64 [40, 89]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC), prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 55 [44, 67]
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC), prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 57 [44, 70]
7 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC), prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 51 [35, 67]
7 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC), prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 59 [52, 67]
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Institutionalized orphan children (roughly 3 to 18 years)
Institutionalized orphan children may be at higher risk of dental caries than parented children (pooled RR 1.19), but the estimate is imprecise and not statistically significant (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review