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263 questions · 269 findings · 34 reviews

No studies found 64 · 23.8%GRADE not reported 23 · 8.6%Very low 32 · 11.9%Low 77 · 28.6%Moderate 55 · 20.4%High 18 · 6.7%

Low‐level laser therapy vs Placebo (sham) laser therapy

Somatosensory evoked potentials · Patients of any age in any setting requiring intervention for iatrogenic injury to the inferior alveolar or lingual nerve

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

After accounting for all potential confounders, the overall average effect of speed cameras on crashes was a reduction of 25% in personal injury crashes (PIA's) and an average 11% reduction in fatal and serious crashes for the 500m monitoring leng...
1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Willingness to pay for dental care · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Across 37 willingness-to-pay studies, patients' WTP varied with treatment type and sociodemographic factors, being higher for aesthetic treatments (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions (overall) · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

A wide range of factors (n=101 in three categories) influence patients' dental treatment decisions; the review identified and synthesized them qualitatively without grading certainty (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Pain as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Pain was identified as a factor of choice in 49 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Out-of-pocket payment / cost as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Out-of-pocket payment (cost) was the most frequently reported factor influencing patients' dental treatment decisions (N=136 articles; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Dental fear (fear of treatment) as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Dental fear was the second most frequently reported factor (N=64 articles), varying by country (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Aesthetics was the third most frequently reported factor (N=53 articles), most prominent in Brazil and Saudi Arabia (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Patients' factors of choice regarding utilization of dental treatments · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

The review identified 101 factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions across 233 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context) vs No comparator

Fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) as a barrier to dental treatment · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

One study found that fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection led US patients to postpone and cancel dental treatments, with dental care most affected (38.1% delays; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

Aesthetics was identified as a factor of choice in 53 articles.

1 finding from 1 review

Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context)

Delay of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…

In one mixed-methods study, 38.1% of dental-care respondents reported delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 finding from 1 review