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.
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Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence
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Intervention not reported
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.
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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%.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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Dental caries prevalence · Children (<18 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India
Dental caries affects about 64% of children with IDD in India (pooled prevalence 0.64, 95% CI 0.45-0.79; high heterogeneity; ungraded).
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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.
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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
Intervention not reported
Untreated dental caries prevalence
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Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years)
Breastfeeding for more than 12 months is associated with higher ECC prevalence (low certainty).
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OR 1.86 [1.48, 2.35]
13 studies
Low
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years)
Breastfeeding for more than 24 months is associated with higher ECC prevalence (low certainty).
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OR 2.99 [1.03, 8.67]
4 studies
Low
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years)
Breastfeeding for 12-24 months is associated with higher ECC prevalence (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
PR 3.32 [1.57, 5.07]
2 studies
Low
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence in children
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Dental caries prevalence · Children (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 39% of children in LMICs had dental caries (pooled prevalence 0.387, 95% CI 0.284 to 0.495; 11 studies; very high heterogeneity I2=99%; not GRADE-rated).
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Dental caries prevalence and severity · Persons with disabilities (children and adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, or multiple disabilities)…
Dental caries prevalence and severity are high among persons with disabilities in Saudi Arabia (60% to over 80%), and the one comparative autism study reported significantly higher caries than controls; synthesized narratively (ungraded).
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Narrative synthesis (no pooled estimate). High dental caries burden among PWDs: caries prevalence 60% to over 80% (abstract). Alkahtani 2019 (hearing-impaired adults, single-arm): caries prevalence 82.2%, treatment…
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Nigerian individuals, including children and adults, with primary or permanent dentition
High-frequency sugar consumption was associated with 18% higher but non-significant odds of dental caries in Nigeria (OR 1.18, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.59; I2=36%; ungraded).
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