Dental caries · School children aged 5-7 years in Dubai schools
Mean dmft/DMFT was 3.87.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · Autistic children and young adults in Dubai
Dental caries prevalence was 77% among autistic children and young adults.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 77
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
Dental caries is highly prevalent among children and adolescents in the UAE, ranging from 22% to 99.4% across cross-sectional studies (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · School children in Dubai governmental schools
Mean DMFT was 2.66 in low socioeconomic-class schools versus 2.10 in high-class schools.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental information from educational programs · Mothers of preschool children in Sharjah
Educational programs were the reported source of dental information for 13% of mothers.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 13
1 study
GRADE not reported
Tooth wear prevalence · School children aged 2.6-6.8 years in Abu Dhabi
Tooth wear prevalence was 97.6%.
1 finding from 1 review
Gingivitis · Children with cerebral palsy in Dubai
Gingivitis prevalence was 58.8% among children with cerebral palsy.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 58.8
1 study
GRADE not reported
Mean number of missing teeth in OC cases vs controls · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)
No statistically significant difference in number of missing teeth between SSc patients and controls (SMD 0.55, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Mean dmft
1 finding from 1 review
Mean(SD) 0.75 (1.8)
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Children with beta-thalassemia major in Dubai
Mean DMFT was 1.49 in children with beta-thalassemia major versus 0.21 in controls.
1 finding from 1 review
MEAN 1.49
1 study
GRADE not reported
Severe early childhood caries · Children aged 5-6 years in Ajman schools
A problem-driven dental visit was associated with higher odds of severe early childhood caries.
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Dental caries prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 38.5%
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental erosion · Five-year-old preschool children in Sharjah
Caries experience was associated with lower odds of dental erosion.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental information from relatives · Mothers of preschool children in Sharjah
Relatives were the reported source of dental information for 27% of mothers.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 27
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Emirati preschool children in Ras Al Khaimah nurseries
Mean dmft was 3.07.
1 finding from 1 review
Lesion area (decalcification area, pixels) · Adults undergoing orthodontic treatment
A single study reported a larger decalcification lesion area with aligners versus fixed appliances in adults at 3 months (MD 80.50 pixels, 95% CI 60.52 to 100.48; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
MD 80.50 [60.52, 100.48]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries prevalence · Emirati preschool children in Ras Al Khaimah nurseries
Dental caries prevalence was 74.1%.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
More frequent tooth brushing was generally protective against caries, though findings were somewhat inconsistent across studies (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
Evidence on socioeconomic status/income and caries was inconsistent: some studies linked lower income to higher caries while others found no association (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Findings were contradictory. Hashim et al. found children from low-income families had higher odds of severe early childhood caries (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.11-1.85), and Ahmad et al. reported significantly higher DMFT in…
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Tooth brushing less than once daily, females in 2016 · Nationally surveyed adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
Tooth brushing less than once daily was reported by 28.3% of females in 2016.
1 finding from 1 review