Dental caries · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
Older age was associated with higher DMFT.
1 finding from 1 review
Percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP) · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)
No statistically significant difference in bleeding on probing between SSc patients and controls (SMD 1.05, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Plaque · Children in the United Arab Emirates (Ajman, Sharjah)
Dental plaque levels were high and associated with frequent snacking and less frequent tooth brushing, and higher plaque was linked to more caries (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Hashim et al. (Ajman, 5-6-year-olds) reported a mean plaque score of 0.67; higher snack consumption was associated with higher plaque (adjusted difference 0.13, 95% CI 0.02-0.24) and brushing >=twice daily with lower…
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Molar-incisor hypomineralization prevalence · School children in Dubai governmental schools
MIH prevalence was 7.59%.
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontitis (clinical attachment loss) · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)
Attachment loss is significantly increased in systemic sclerosis patients (SMD 2.58) with very high heterogeneity; certainty ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
SMD 2.584 [0.321, 4.846]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Patient outcomes: mean number of filled teeth per 0- to 15-year-old · Adults (general and hospital populations assessed in case-control studies)
No statistically significant difference in number of filled teeth between SSc patients and controls (SMD -0.12, CI includes 0); certainty ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · Arab children with special health care needs in Ras Al Khaimah
Dental caries prevalence was 85.2%.
1 finding from 1 review
Prevalence 85.2
1 study
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
New dental caries development
1 finding from 1 review
S. mutans counts (5th-root transformed) · Adolescents/teenagers undergoing orthodontic treatment
A single study found no significant difference in S. mutans counts between aligners and fixed appliances in adolescents at 1 month (MD -2.22, 95% CI -6.82 to 2.38; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
MD -2.22 [-6.82, 2.38]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
Female sex was associated with higher DMFT.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Children with Down syndrome in Dubai
Mean DMFT was 2.73 in children with Down syndrome versus 1.65 in controls.
1 finding from 1 review
MEAN 2.73
1 study
GRADE not reported
Salivary Lactobacilli counts · Patients with drooling (sialorrhea) due to neurological disease
Salivary Lactobacilli counts were unchanged in two studies but significantly increased in one study one month after BoNT (ungraded; no effect estimate reported).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary osmolality (hydration level) · Patients with drooling (sialorrhea) due to neurological disease
No included study reported salivary osmolality; this pre-planned outcome remains unassessed (no studies).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary S. mutans level · Patients with drooling (sialorrhea) due to neurological disease
BoNT injections were not associated with significant changes in salivary S. mutans counts across three studies (ungraded; no effect estimate reported).
1 finding from 1 review
Development of >=1 new carious lesion (caries incidence) · Patients with drooling (sialorrhea) due to neurological disease
In one RCT, BoNT-B 2500 U was not associated with a statistically significant increase in new caries versus placebo (RR 2.4, 95% CI 0.48 to 11.80; not significant).
2 findings from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · children
Age 5 years was associated with higher odds of poor OHRQoL than age older than 5 years.
1 finding from 1 review
OR 3.68 [2.20, 5.17]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Salivary buffering capacity · Patients with drooling (sialorrhea) due to neurological disease
Salivary buffering capacity did not decrease after BoNT; one of two quasi-experimental studies reported a significant increase (ungraded; no effect estimate reported).
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health effects of botulinum toxin treatment for drooling: a systematic review. 2020 All outcomesBefore vs after BoNT injection (2018 study: significant buffering increase at 1 month; 2017 study no change) · Neurological-disease populations with drooling (e.g., cerebral palsy, Parkinson disease, adults with sialorrhea); specialist clinical care
The quasi-experimental studies of Tiigimae-Saar found different results concerning the changes in buffering capacity. For the analysis carried out in 2017, no statistically significant change was observed. By contrast,…
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD), TMJ arthritis/involvement and orofacial pain · Children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
TMD and TMJ arthritis/involvement (and orofacial pain) were consistently reported more frequently in children/adolescents with JIA than in healthy peers, though several studies had small samples; no pooled estimate (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Untreated dental caries prevalence
1 finding from 1 review
Developmental defects of enamel measured by any validated index · Children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
A single small study suggested developmental enamel defects were more frequent in children with JIA, but the evidence is insufficient (1 study; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
The only study reporting developmental enamel defects [22] found the condition more frequent among children with JIA than healthy peers, but the sample size was too small to draw any reliable conclusion.
1 study · 110 participants
GRADE not reported