Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 4 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Number of teeth · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)

No statistically significant difference in number of teeth between SSc patients and controls (SMD -0.95, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.

1 finding from 1 review

Oral manifestations of patients with systemic sclerosis: a meta-analysis for case-controlled studies. 2021 All outcomes
Hospital/clinic-based case-control studies from Asia, America and Europe
SMD -0.947 [-2.131, 0.237]
3 studies
GRADE not reported

Patient outcomes: mean number of filled teeth per 0- to 15-year-old · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)

No statistically significant difference in number of filled teeth between SSc patients and controls (SMD -0.12, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.

1 finding from 1 review

Oral manifestations of patients with systemic sclerosis: a meta-analysis for case-controlled studies. 2021 All outcomes
Hospital/clinic-based case-control studies from Asia, America and Europe
SMD -0.119 [-0.302, 0.063]
2 studies
GRADE not reported

Mean number of decayed teeth (mean DT) · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)

Systemic sclerosis patients have a significantly higher number of decayed teeth than controls (SMD 0.19); certainty ungraded.

1 finding from 1 review

Oral manifestations of patients with systemic sclerosis: a meta-analysis for case-controlled studies. 2021 All outcomes
Hospital/clinic-based case-control studies from Asia, America and Europe
SMD 0.186 [0.007, 0.365]
3 studies
GRADE not reported

Mean number of missing teeth in OC cases vs controls · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)

No statistically significant difference in number of missing teeth between SSc patients and controls (SMD 0.55, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.

1 finding from 1 review

Oral manifestations of patients with systemic sclerosis: a meta-analysis for case-controlled studies. 2021 All outcomes
Hospital/clinic-based case-control studies from Asia, America and Europe
SMD 0.546 [-0.148, 1.241]
4 studies
GRADE not reported