Dental caries prevalence and severity · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)
No significant difference in dental caries/severity between ART regimens (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · School children (aged 4 to 15 years), primary and secondary schools in the UK and India
1 finding from 1 review
Milsom 2006 measured prevalence of dental caries as mean number of teeth with active caries in primary teeth (dt) and permanent teeth (DT); post-intervention changes from baseline were not significant, and the authors…
1 study · 16684 participants
GRADE not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Pooled ECC prevalence in Tunisia was 38% (95% CI 24-51), significantly lower than Egypt and Sudan.
10 findings from 1 review
Prevalence 38 [24, 51]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 48 [39, 58]
9 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 63 [52, 74]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
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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
Caries prevalence in permanent dentition · School children and adolescents (6-18 years) followed from primary dentition (baseline examination before 72 months of age)
A primary-dentition DMFT of 1-3 is associated with 1.5 times higher risk of caries in permanent teeth (single study; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries prevalence in permanent dentition · School children and adolescents (6-18 years) followed from primary dentition (baseline examination before 72 months of age)
A primary-dentition DMFT over 13 is associated with about 15 times higher risk of caries in permanent teeth (single study; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries: prevalence of root caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: prevalence of root caries compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries: prevalence of root caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: prevalence of root caries compared with clinical examination with 24-month recall; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries: prevalence of root caries · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with 24-month recall showed no clear difference in dental caries: prevalence of root caries compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Caries prevalence (early childhood caries) · Preschool children aged <=71 months (caries outcome assessed at 3-6 years)
Preschool children exposed to secondary smoking have higher odds of caries prevalence (OR 1.77), but the cross-sectional evidence is very uncertain (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
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
Low SES prevalence (among children with caries) · Children with dental caries (deciduous and/or permanent dentition) in low- and middle-income countries
About 36% of children with caries in LMICs were of low SES (pooled prevalence 0.359, 95% CI 0.167 to 0.578; 4 studies; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
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
OR 0.93 [0.78, 1.12]
2 studies
Low
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/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts)
Normal-weight adolescents in the permanent dentition probably have greater odds of dental caries than obese peers (OR 2.53; moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review