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No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 101 · 86.3%Very low 11 · 9.4%Low 2 · 1.7%Moderate 3 · 2.6%High 0 · 0%

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 · 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 · 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

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

Periodontitis vs No periodontitis (periodontal health or gingivitis)

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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Not applicable (single-group prevalence) vs Not applicable

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

High-frequency sugar consumption (three or more times daily) vs Low sugar intake (fewer than three times daily)

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).

1 finding from 1 review