White spot lesion incidence · High caries-risk patients: fixed-orthodontic-appliance patients and children with partially erupted permanent molars
Low-power CO2 laser (LLLT) is associated with a lower incidence of new white spot lesions than placebo (OR 0.21, CI 0.15 to 0.30; ungraded, 3 RCTs, considerable heterogeneity I2=71%).
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Contribution to total daily fluoride intake · children
For children in high-fluoridated areas, the mean contribution was 41% (SD 24%).
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Early childhood caries (ECC) · Healthy children under 6 years in South Africa
Parental tertiary education (vs high-school education) was associated with about 1.8 times higher odds of early childhood caries in South Africa (OR 1.77, 95% CI 1.22-2.57; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated).
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Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth
No comparative effect estimate was reported; tabulated failure rates ranged from 0% to 2.9%.
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Early childhood caries (ECC) · Healthy children under 6 years in South Africa
No significant difference in caries odds was found between children of low- versus high-SES parents (meta-analysis reported no difference; pooled estimate in an unavailable supplementary figure; not GRADE-rated).
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Dental caries · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
The association between parental education and caries was inconsistent; father's (but not consistently mother's) education was inversely associated with caries in some studies (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
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Maternal education was not associated with children's caries in the Hashim et al. studies, whereas father's educational level was negatively associated with DMFT in Khadri et al. (secondary-aged children: -0.35, 95% CI…
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Severe early childhood caries · Children aged 5-6 years in Ajman schools
Low family income was associated with higher odds of severe early childhood caries.
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Dental caries · School children in Dubai governmental schools
Mean DMFT was 2.66 in low socioeconomic-class schools versus 2.10 in high-class schools.
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Dental caries · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
Evidence on socioeconomic status/income and caries was inconsistent: some studies linked lower income to higher caries while others found no association (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
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Findings were contradictory. Hashim et al. found children from low-income families had higher odds of severe early childhood caries (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.11-1.85), and Ahmad et al. reported significantly higher DMFT in…
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Dental caries susceptibility · Ethnicity: Caucasian (n=2) individuals with caries/high caries and controls
The pooled odds ratio was 1.63 (95% CI 0.67 to 4.01).
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OR 1.63 [0.67, 4.01]
2 studies
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between AG genotype vs AA genotype of ENAM rs1264848 and dental caries susceptibility (AG vs AA model: OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.88-1.65); certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between TT genotype vs CC genotype of AMELX rs6639060 and dental caries susceptibility (TT vs CC model: OR 1.04, 95% CI 0.43-2.51) in the Age group: Adults subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between CT genotype vs CC genotype of AMELX rs946252 and dental caries susceptibility (CT vs CC model: OR 2.80, 95% CI 0.93-8.43) in the Ethnicity: Caucasian subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between GG genotype vs AA + AG genotype of LTF rs1126478 and dental caries susceptibility (GG vs AA + AG model: OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.80-1.13) in the Age group: Children subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Age group: Children (n=4) individuals with caries/high caries and controls
The pooled odds ratio was 0.98 (95% CI 0.87 to 1.10).
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OR 0.98 [0.87, 1.10]
4 studies
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
The CT genotype of AMELX rs17878486 was associated with increased dental caries risk (CT vs CC model: OR 5.11, 95% CI 1.33-19.72) in the Ethnicity: Mixed subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between GG genotype vs AA + AG genotype of ENAM rs3796704 and dental caries susceptibility (GG vs AA + AG model: OR 1.05, 95% CI 0.66-1.68) in the Control group: Low caries subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Ethnicity: Caucasian (n=2) individuals with caries/high caries and controls
The pooled odds ratio was 0.95 (95% CI 0.35 to 2.55).
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OR 0.95 [0.35, 2.55]
2 studies
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between CT + TT genotype (T-allele carriers) vs CC genotype of AMELX rs946252 and dental caries susceptibility (CT + TT vs CC model: OR 1.63, 95% CI 0.67-4.01) in the Ethnicity: Caucasian subgroup; certainty not graded.
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Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls)
No significant association between T allele vs C allele of AMELX rs946252 and dental caries susceptibility (T vs C model: OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.53-1.86) in the Ethnicity: Mixed subgroup; certainty not graded.
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