Search review questions

Mother plaque (sub- and supragingival calculus) · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,…

Early childhood caries experience (mean dmft) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years) · Region: North America

Primary caries prevention · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions) · 24 to 36 months, Permanent dentition (root)

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Not meta-analyzed (single study)

Fluorosis (percentage prevalence in permanent teeth) · Children exposed to topical fluoride when under 6 years old; fluorosis assessed in permanent teeth at 6 to 18 years · Fluorosis assessed when most permanent teeth of interest had erupted (6 to 18 years)

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Allelic model (T vs C)

Dental caries in children · Children's age subgroup: 2 to 4 years

Caries arrest · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions) · 12 months, Primary dentition (coronal)

Dental caries experience (dmft), continuous · Brazilian children in primary dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts)

Caries arrestment at the individual level · Children and adults without systemic diseases affecting dental health · 3 weeks to 12 months

Dental caries in children · Children of mothers assessed for smoking status during pregnancy (early childhood dental caries) · Exposure during pregnancy; caries assessed in early childhood, Study region: Asia

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Dominant model (TT+TG vs GG)

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Allelic model (T vs C), Asian ethnicity

Change in Lactobacillus spp. in dental plaque · Single study (Ly et al. 2008), xylitol or maltitol, not pooled

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions) · 6 months

Enamel demineralization score · Patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment · 6 months after bonding

High salivary P. gingivalis (over 10^4 CFU/ml) · Adults · Overall

Primary caries prevention · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions) · Primary and permanent dentition

Spontaneous space closure · Children and adolescents after extraction of a maxillary permanent first molar (before eruption of the second molar) · Until eruption of the permanent second molar (median follow-up 4.0 years), Maxilla

Enamel resistance to demineralization (microhardness / lesion depth) · Human enamel adjacent to restorations or in pits and fissures (in situ / ex vivo)

dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women and mothers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes, children up to 6… · Children assessed at 18 months

Adverse effects · Children and adults (with or without carious lesions) · 18 months, Children

Dental caries prevalence · Children aged 2 to 8 years · Maternal pregnancy to child age 2 to 8 years, Children of mothers with sufficient prenatal vitamin D

Early childhood caries experience (mean dmft) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years) · GNI $10000-$19999

DMFT index in OC cases vs controls · Adults in case-control studies (oral cancer patients vs healthy controls) · Not specified, DMFT (decayed, missing, filled teeth)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Mature teeth, partial pulpotomy, irreversible pulpitis

Biofilm morphological changes · Streptococcus mutans (in vitro cultures and biofilms)

Spontaneous space closure · Maxilla: M2 Demirjian A-D vs G-H

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Allelic model (T vs C), Mixed dentition

Early childhood caries experience (mean dmft) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years) · Life expectancy: 71-75 years

Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged <6 years · Study location: Europe

Early childhood caries (ECC) prevalence (%, dmft>0) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years) · Gini index: no inequality

Lactobacillus spp. mean levels/counts · Children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate

Dental caries experience (DMFT), continuous · Brazilian children/adolescents in permanent dentition (BMI classified by CDC 2000 growth charts)

Dental caries · Children (<18 years) with vs without dental caries · Dominant model (TT+TC vs CC), Real-time quantitative PCR genotyping

Early childhood caries (ECC) prevalence (%, dmft>0) · Children younger than 71 months (under 6 years) · Region: Africa

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Full pulpotomy, irreversible pulpitis

Fluorosis (percentage prevalence in permanent teeth) · Children exposed to topical fluoride when under 6 years old; fluorosis assessed in permanent teeth at 6 to 18 years · Fluorosis assessed when most permanent teeth of interest had erupted (6 to 18 years)

dmft index score · For interventions, pregnant women, mothers or other caregivers of infants in the first year of life; for outcomes,…

Mean number of missing teeth in OC cases vs controls · Adults in case-control studies (oral cancer patients vs healthy controls) · Not specified, Missing teeth (mean count)

Decayed, missing, filled surfaces (DMFS) · Percentage of sites with CAL >=3 mm (tertiles); single study (Robert 2019); adjusted

Serum vitamin D (25(OH)D): ECC vs caries-free · Cross-sectional studies (Fig 3)

Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged ≤6 years (early childhood) · Exposure and outcome assessed concurrently (observational); children aged ≤6 years, Region: Asia

Lactobacillus count (CFU/mL) · Children and/or adolescents (<18 years) without background systemic disease · follow-up: mean 5.2 months, Overall (all presentations pooled)

Dental caries · Children · Study region: Australia

Early childhood caries (ECC) · Preschool children ≤6 years

Enamel demineralization / mineral loss · Human enamel specimens under cariogenic challenge (in situ / ex vivo)

Spontaneous space closure · Children and adolescents with maxillary permanent first molar extraction · Follow-up to complete eruption of the permanent second molar, Maxilla

Dental caries / early childhood caries (ECC) · Children (approx. 4-18 years) · Sample size: >900

Ion release · Human teeth with early enamel lesions surrounding orthodontic brackets · 14 days to 6 months