Oral health: Not brushing teeth twice a day · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health: Not having seen a dentist in the past year · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Mean number of decayed teeth (mean DT) · Adults aged 25 years and older in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
In Canada, post-secondary versus university education differed by 0.2 decayed teeth in mean number of decayed teeth.
4 findings from 1 review
AD 0.2 [0.1, 0.3]
1 study · 3278 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 0.5 [0.2, 0.8]
1 study · 2041 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 0.2 [0.1, 0.2]
1 study · 4568 participants
GRADE not reported
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Prevalence of untreated decay (% DT > 0) · Adults aged 25 years and older in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
In Canada, post-secondary versus university education differed by 7.8 percentage points in prevalence of untreated decay.
4 findings from 1 review
AD 7.8 [3.7, 12.0]
1 study · 3278 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 7.7 [3.6, 11.8]
1 study · 4568 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 6.8 [-1.3, 14.8]
1 study · 2041 participants
GRADE not reported
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Prevalence of fair/poor self-rated oral health · Adults aged 25 years and older in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
In Canada, post-secondary versus university education differed by 2.4 percentage points in prevalence of fair/poor self-rated oral health.
4 findings from 1 review
AD 2.4 [-1.3, 6.1]
1 study · 3278 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 4.2 [-2.9, 11.2]
1 study · 2041 participants
GRADE not reported
AD 20.8 [16.3, 25.4]
1 study · 4568 participants
GRADE not reported
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Dental caries · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
Higher paternal education was associated with lower DMFT.
1 finding from 1 review
Denture-induced stomatitis · Residents of institutions for elderly people (nursing staff and residents took part in the education programme)
1 finding from 1 review
Schou 1989 (114 residents, unclear risk of bias): no difference in the prevalence of denture stomatitis between the groups.
1 study · 114 participants
GRADE not reported
Denture plaque · Residents of institutions for elderly people (nursing staff and residents took part in the education programme)
1 finding from 1 review
One study (Schou 1989), at unclear risk of bias and analysing 114 residents, provided insufficient evidence to determine whether denture plaque scores are lower when educating residents or nursing staff without…
1 study · 114 participants
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related behaviour (denture cleaning habits) · Residents of institutions for elderly people (nursing staff and residents took part in the education programme)
1 finding from 1 review
Schou 1989 (114 residents, unclear risk of bias): the number of residents reporting correct denture cleaning habits increased, but not significantly compared to baseline (baseline N = 28; follow-up N = 38).
1 study · 114 participants
GRADE not reported
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).
1 finding from 1 review
Self-efficacy related to oral health · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based educational interventions significantly improved oral health self-efficacy (SMD 1.49; low certainty), though between-study heterogeneity was very high.
1 finding from 1 review
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
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
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
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 behaviour (1-9 scale) · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly improved oral health behavior (SMD 2.58; low certainty), with very high heterogeneity.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health knowledge (1-9 scale) · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly improved oral health knowledge (SMD 1.09; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque index (PI) / oral hygiene · school‐age children and adolescents
Theory-based interventions significantly reduced dental plaque (SMD -1.92; moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Paternal tertiary education was associated with lower odds of ECC (OR 0.381).
3 findings from 1 review
OR 0.381 [0.16, 0.91]
1 study
GRADE not reported
OR 0.083 [0.03, 0.21]
1 study
GRADE not reported
OR 0.797 [0.171, 0.650]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Oral health-related quality of life · Adolescents (10-19 years)
Higher parental education is associated with better OHRQoL in adolescents (narrative synthesis; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating).
1 finding from 1 review