Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

624 questions · 782 findings · 62 reviews

No studies found 13 · 1.7%GRADE not reported 657 · 84%Very low 76 · 9.7%Low 23 · 2.9%Moderate 13 · 1.7%High 0 · 0%

Amalgam preparation deficiency · Alaska dental health aide therapists

Two of 13 DHAT amalgam preparations were deficient, without a GRADE rating.

1 finding from 1 review

Significant caries index · Alaska children aged 12 years

The PDHA program was projected to reduce the SiC index 70% from 10.5 to 3.3 for 12-year-olds, without a GRADE rating.

1 finding from 1 review

Infant dental caries · Pregnant Alaska Native women and their infants

No infant caries outcomes were assessed because the proposed randomized trial was discontinued.

1 finding from 1 review

Projected mean DMFT (children below 5 years) · Alaska Native children (below age 18)

A simulation projected mean DMFT in children under 5 would fall from 7.4 to 4.9 under the PDHA model (certainty not graded).

1 finding from 1 review

Reducing Alaska Native paediatric oral health disparities: a systematic review of oral health interventions and a case… 2013 All outcomes
20-year projection · Alaska Native communities (simulation of the Alaska Dental Health Aide program)
Mean DMFT, children <5 y 4.9
1 study
GRADE not reported