Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Partial pulpotomy with MTA or Biodentine had a pooled success rate of 86.8%.
1 finding from 1 review
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Brushing twice daily was associated with lower odds of ECC (OR 0.033).
2 findings from 1 review
OR 0.033 [0.004, 0.276]
1 study
GRADE not reported
OR 0.033 [0.004, 0.263]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Oral health attitudes (1-7 scale) · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly improved oral health attitude (SMD 9.32; low certainty); the very large effect warrants cautious interpretation.
1 finding from 1 review
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Preschool children (<6 years)
Higher sugar consumption is associated with early childhood caries in children under 6 years: pooled OR 1.59 (95% CI 1.50 to 1.68) from 9 cohort studies with no heterogeneity (I2=0%); the body of evidence was not GRADE-rated (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Integrity of contact point · Children receiving dental restorations (aged 4-11 years; primary teeth; Class I/II/V cavities)
No significant difference between IRR and CR in integrity of contact point (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Brushing at the recommended time was associated with lower odds of ECC (OR 0.028).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.028 [0.004, 0.223]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Caries in the mother's mouth was associated with markedly higher odds of ECC (OR 20.44).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 20.44 [8.37, 49.92]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Each additional day before permanent restoration was associated with a 0.088% decrease in success in meta-regression.
1 finding from 1 review
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Spoon sharing with household members was associated with higher odds of ECC (OR 8.79).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 8.79 [2.92, 26.51]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related quality of life · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly improved oral health-related quality of life (SMD 7.38; low certainty), with very high heterogeneity.
1 finding from 1 review
Absence of secondary caries · Children receiving dental restorations (aged 4-11 years; primary teeth; Class I/II/V cavities)
Ion-releasing and composite restorations show no significant difference in absence of secondary caries in children (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary S. mutans level · children aged 6 to 12 years
No meta-analysis was conducted; the reduction in salivary Streptococcus mutans count versus fluoride toothpaste was reported as insignificant.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
1 study
GRADE not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Permanent restoration after more than 14 days was associated with a pooled success rate of 23.2%.
1 finding from 1 review
Mean DMFT (decayed, missing, filled permanent teeth) · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions showed no significant effect on DMFT scores (SMD -0.11; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
Older adults in higher-HDI countries had better OHRQoL (high 79.9, 95% CI 74.4 to 85.5; very high 78.4, 95% CI 71.1 to 85.8) than those in medium-HDI countries (63.5, 95% CI 54.3 to 72.7); the difference by HDI was statistically significant (ungraded).
3 findings from 1 review
MEAN 79.9 [74.4, 85.5]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
MEAN 63.5 [54.3, 72.7]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
MEAN 78.4 [71.1, 85.8]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Periodontal health status · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly improved periodontal health (SMD -1.18; moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
No statistically significant difference in OHRQoL was reported by periodontal-disease prevalence.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related quality of life · people aged 60 years and older living in the community
OHRQoL did not differ significantly across country-level unemployment-rate categories; no pooled estimate was reported in the text (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical attachment level (CAL) · Individuals assessed for periodontal health (mainly children and adolescents, age >2 years)
Clinical attachment level loss is greater in persons with orofacial cleft than in healthy controls (p<0.00001), but no pooled effect size was reported (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Partial pulpotomy with calcium hydroxide had a pooled success rate of 34.3%.
1 finding from 1 review