Dental attendance · primary or secondary school pupils
It is very uncertain whether criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… changes dental attendance compared with traditional screening (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental attendance · School children (aged 4 to 15 years), primary and secondary schools in the UK and India
1 finding from 1 review
Data not pooled; 6281 participants (4 RCTs); Very low. There was substantial heterogeneity, in part due to study design (3 cluster-RCTs and 1 individually randomised trial). We are unable to draw conclusions about this…
4 studies · 6281 participants
Very low
Dental attendance · School children, primary and secondary schools in India
It is very uncertain whether traditional screening with motivation (oral health education and… changes dental attendance compared with traditional screening alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental attendance · primary or secondary school pupils
Criteria-based screening (dentist refers using pre-established… showed no clear difference in dental attendance compared with no screening (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Child dental attendance · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6 years…
1 finding from 1 review
Plutzer 2008 reported dental attendance as cumulative child-visit categories (other data): intervention children more likely to have 1-2 visits, no difference for 3-4 visits, less likely for >=5 visits.
1 study
GRADE not reported
Changes in dental attendance · Children aged 4 to 12 years attending primary school
1 finding from 1 review
Dental attendance at orthodontist · School children, secondary school in the UK (aged 11 to 13 years)
It is very uncertain whether criteria-based screening with specific (personalised) referral letter changes dental attendance at orthodontist compared with criteria-based screening with non-specific referral letter (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental attendance at general dentist · School children, secondary school in the UK (aged 11 to 13 years)
It is very uncertain whether criteria-based screening with specific (personalised) referral letter changes dental attendance at general dentist compared with criteria-based screening with non-specific referral letter (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental attendance · School children, primary school in Saudi Arabia
It is very uncertain whether referral to a specific dental treatment facility changes dental attendance (number of dental visits) compared with generic advice letter to see a dentist (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review