Patient outcomes: mean percentage of 0- to 15-year-olds having one or more teeth extracted · Children (0- to 15-year-olds) undergoing routine continuing dental care at 354 dental practices, in matched pairs of Health Service…
Capitation remuneration may leads to lower patient outcomes: mean percentage of 0- to 15-year-olds having one… compared with fee-for-service remuneration (low certainty).
4 findings from 1 review
RR 0.70
1 study · 2250 participants
Low
RR 1.00
1 study · 2250 participants
Low
RR 0.72
1 study · 2250 participants
Low
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More advanced caries lesion detection · Primary teeth with occlusal surfaces
Pooled specificity was reported, but the numerical estimate is not stated in the supplied text or attached figures; I²=31%; no GRADE rating was reported.
2 findings from 1 review
More advanced caries lesion detection · Primary teeth with occlusal surfaces
Pooled specificity was reported, but the numerical estimate is not stated in the supplied text or attached figures; I²=80%; no GRADE rating was reported.
2 findings from 1 review
Specificity 0.898 [0.867, 0.924]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Sensitivity 0.850 [0.702, 0.943]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Proportion of children developing new caries (permanent) · Children and adolescents aged 16 years or less
Fluoride varnish showed no clear difference in proportion of children developing one or more new caries (permanent… compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
More advanced caries lesion detection · Permanent teeth with occlusal surfaces
Pooled specificity was reported, but the numerical estimate is not stated in the supplied text or attached figures; I²=77%; no GRADE rating was reported.
2 findings from 1 review
More advanced caries lesion detection · Primary teeth with occlusal surfaces
Pooled sensitivity was reported, but the numerical estimate is not stated in the supplied text or attached figures; I²=23%; no GRADE rating was reported.
2 findings from 1 review
Sensitivity 0.672 [0.616, 0.725]
13 studies
GRADE not reported
Specificity 0.816 [0.793, 0.837]
13 studies
GRADE not reported
More advanced caries lesion detection · Permanent teeth with occlusal surfaces
Pooled specificity was reported, but the numerical estimate is not stated in the supplied text or attached figures; I²=17%; no GRADE rating was reported.
2 findings from 1 review
Mean sugar consumption (self-reported, 1 to 5 scale; higher score = more positive behaviour) · Adults newly registered at a group dental practice in a suburban Dutch village, the Netherlands
1 finding from 1 review
Alcohol consumption: consuming more than 21 units of alcohol per week · Male patients aged 16 to 35 years attending an oral and maxillofacial surgery outpatient clinic for follow-up of an alcohol-related facial…
Brief one-session, manual-guided discussion based on the principles… led to lower alcohol consumption: consuming more than 21 units of alcohol per week compared with treatment at the outpatient clinic as usual; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Eating warm meals more than twice per day · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Table 2: 77% (193) versus 81% (200) at follow-up (baseline 83% versus 74%, a significant baseline difference). No significant change at follow-up.
1 study · 497 participants
GRADE not reported
Drinking sports drinks no more than once per week · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
1 finding from 1 review
Mean sugar consumption (self-reported, 1 to 5 scale; higher score = more positive behaviour) · Adults newly registered at a group dental practice in a suburban Dutch village, the Netherlands
1 finding from 1 review
Using xylitol products more than 3 times per day · Children aged 11 to 12 years with at least one active initial caries lesion, screened in a town in Finland
Individually designed, patient-centred preventive programme: dietary… led to higher using xylitol products more than 3 times per day compared with basic prevention offered as standard in public dental clinics; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Tenderness on palpation of three or more masticatory muscles · Adult patients aged >=18 years, clinically or radiographically diagnosed with TMD (McNeill 1997 criteria); moderate to severe pain of…
Oral diclofenac sodium (NSAID) showed no clear difference in tenderness on palpation of three or more masticatory muscles compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Increase in volume of more than 10% compared to the pretreatment measurement · Patients with histologically confirmed CGCG in one or both jaws and normal serum calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels
Calcitonin (salmon calcitonin nasal spray 200 IU/day) showed no clear difference in increase in volume of more than 10% compared to the pretreatment… compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion developing new caries · Children and adolescents aged 16 years or less
Fluoride toothpaste showed no clear difference in proportion of children developing one or more new caries compared with placebo (non-fluoride) toothpaste; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion developing new caries · Children and adolescents aged 16 years or younger (permanent dentition)
Topical fluoride therapy (toothpaste, mouthrinse, gel or varnish;… led to lower proportion of children developing one or more new caries compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.88 [0.82, 0.95]
13 studies
GRADE not reported
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
Brushed less than once per day may leads to lower fluorosis (percentage prevalence in permanent teeth) compared with brushed once or more per day (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
It is very uncertain whether used a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste or less changes fluorosis (percentage prevalence in permanent teeth) compared with used more than a pea-sized amount (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
It is very uncertain whether fluoride toothpaste less than 1000 ppm (lower concentration) changes fluorosis (percentage prevalence in permanent teeth) compared with fluoride toothpaste 1000 ppm or more (higher concentration) (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review