Oral health-related attitude of nursing staff · Nursing home nursing staff (approximately 95% female in the two contributing studies)
Educational intervention with information and practical components… showed no clear difference in oral health-related attitude of nursing staff compared with (Optimised) usual care; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related knowledge of nursing staff · Nursing home nursing staff (approximately 95% female in the two contributing studies)
Educational intervention with information and practical components… showed no clear difference in oral health-related knowledge of nursing staff compared with (Optimised) usual care; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of respiratory diseases and pneumonia · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
SoF row 'Oral health': Illustrative risks -, relative effect -, participants/studies -, quality -; Comment: Outcome not reported. Not measured in any included study.
0 studies
No studies found
Adverse effects of the interventions · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral health-related behaviour of residents · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
1 finding from 1 review
One study (Bellomo 2005) assessed oral health-related behaviour of residents; 60 residents were interviewed about toothbrushing habits. Use of toothbrushes and the frequency of brushing during the study period were…
1 study · 60 participants
GRADE not reported
Denture-induced stomatitis · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: Denture-induced stomatitis (method of Budtz-Jorgensen; follow-up 6 to 18 months). No meta-analysis (data not comparable). 417 participants (2 RCTs); low quality. Comment: 2 studies at unclear (Frenkel 2001) or…
2 studies · 417 participants
Low
Gingivitis · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
1 finding from 1 review
SoF: Gingivitis (Gingival Bleeding Index and method of Suomi; follow-up 3 to 6 months). No meta-analysis (data not comparable). 245 participants (3 RCTs); low quality. Comment: 3 studies at unclear risk of bias showed…
3 studies · 245 participants
Low
Oral health-related quality of life · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
SoF row 'Oral health-related quality of life': Illustrative risks -, relative effect -, participants/studies -, quality -; Comment: Outcome not reported. Not measured in any included study.
0 studies
No studies found
Plaque · Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
Educational intervention with information and practical components… showed no clear difference in dental plaque compared with (Optimised) usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
new root-surface carious lesions or restorations · community-dwelling older adults with root caries
SDF plus oral health education had a 33% preventative fraction at 24 months; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating was reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The Model 1 adjusted meta-regression coefficient for lower university education was -4.132903.
2 findings from 1 review
Baby bottle tooth decay prevalence · Alaska Native and American Indian Head Start children
High-intensity community education was associated with a 33% reduction in BBTD prevalence, without a GRADE rating.
3 findings from 1 review
Percent reduction in BBTD prevalence 33
1 study
GRADE not reported
Percent reduction in BBTD prevalence 18
1 study
GRADE not reported
Percent reduction in BBTD prevalence 27
1 study
GRADE not reported
Baby bottle tooth decay prevalence · Alaska Native Head Start children
The Alaska Native site had a 20% increase in BBTD prevalence, without a GRADE rating.
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES III
Allostatic load partly explained socioeconomic gradients in periodontal disease.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental attendance · School children, primary and secondary schools in India
It is very uncertain whether traditional screening with motivation (oral health education and… changes dental attendance compared with traditional screening alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries experience · Children (mean age newborn to ~5.2 years) and their parents/carers
Oral-health-education-only interventions showed at most a marginal effect on tooth-level caries (dmft SMD -0.11, 95% CI -0.21 to -0.00; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries experience at the surface level (dmfs/defs) · Children (mean age newborn to ~5.2 years) and their parents/carers
Oral-health-education-only interventions did not show a statistically significant effect on surface-level caries (dmfs SMD -0.20, 95% CI -0.43 to 0.03; 2 studies; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries increment in permanent teeth · School children and adolescents (6-18 years) followed from primary dentition (baseline examination before 72 months of age)
Evidence on the association between sociodemographic/socioeconomic factors and permanent-teeth caries is weak and inconsistent (3 studies; could not be pooled; not GRADE-rated).
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction in prevalence of baby bottle tooth decay (BBTD) · Alaska Native and American Indian Head Start children
Community and caregiver oral health education was associated with a significant ~25% overall reduction in baby bottle tooth decay among Head Start children (certainty not graded).
1 finding from 1 review