Institutionalization (living in an orphanage/institution) vs Parented children living with their families
Mean DMFT (decayed, missing, filled permanent teeth) · Institutionalized orphan children (roughly 3 to 18 years)
Permanent-teeth caries experience (DMF) was marginally higher in institutionalized children but essentially similar to parented children (pooled MD 0.09, not significant; very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Caries in orphan children: prevalence and determinants-a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2024 All outcomesOrphanages/childcare institutions in low- and middle-income countries (India, Iran, China, Yemen, Egypt, Lithuania, Malaysia) · Overall (pooled)MD 0.09 [-0.36, 0.55]7 studies · 2676 participantsVery low