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Caries prevalence · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa · Setting: Rural

Food intake · Children and adolescents aged 0-19 years · Immediate/short-term (post-exposure), Nonrandomized studies

Oral candidiasis prevalence · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH) · cART

Dental caries measured by DMFT scores · Primary school children (aged 3-16 years) attending primary school in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) · Post-intervention; follow-up varied across studies (interventions ranged from <2 years to >=2 years and longer), Age 8-15 years

Retention of sealant (complete or partial retention) · Children with sound primary molars, aged 2-4 years (municipal dental clinics or hospital paediatric clinics, Denmark) · 24-36 months

Caries experience - % with caries (descriptive), primary dentition · CL/P vs no CL/P; Table 4 (7 groups/6 studies)

Retention of sealant (complete or partial retention) · Children with caries-free or non-cavitated carious lesion primary molars, aged 3-7 years (paediatric department,… · 12-24 months

Oral candidiasis prevalence · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH) · monotherapy or dual therapy

Adverse events · Children with caries-free or non-cavitated carious lesion primary molars, aged 3-7 years (paediatric department,…

Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth · 5 years, Class I and II

Early childhood caries (ECC) - association at lead SNP rs9889096 (16:13575143; nearest gene(s) SHISA9) · Children up to age 5-6 years (European / European non-Hispanic ancestry); 843 ECC-affected vs 2124 unaffected across 5… · Cross-sectional (ECC ascertained at the last dental exam before age 6), rs9889096 (16:13575143); effect/non-effect allele T/G; MAF 0.50; direction across 5 cohorts --+--

Progression of non-cavitated enamel caries · Children who were regular dental attenders with caries-free first or second primary molars (public health service…

Purchase requests · Children and adolescents aged 0-19 years · Nonrandomized studies

Dental caries prevalence measured by dmft or DMFT/S score greater than one · Primary school children (aged 3-16 years) attending primary school in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) · <2 years, Intervention duration <2 years

Caries prevalence · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa · Country: The Gambia

Immediate bond strength (MPa) · Glass-ionomer cement bonded to sound dentin (in vitro) · Immediate bond strength, Sound dentin (without rinsing step)

Difference in summary sensitivity (NMA, Analysis 2) · Fluorescence vs Imaging

Restoration success/failure · Children (5-7 years) with caries in primary teeth · 24 months

Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth · 2 years, Class II

Dental development and maturation · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)

Development of >=1 new carious lesion (caries incidence) · Children with caries-free primary first molars (with or without caries on other teeth), aged 1-5 years (paediatric… · 12-30 months

Relative abundance of Veillonella spp. · Children with early childhood caries (ECC) and caries-free children · Saliva

Caries experience (mean DMFS) · European adolescents aged 12–19 years · Examination year: ≥ 2010

Caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12–19 years · Region: Scandinavian

Molar and premolar caries detection accuracy · Dental images of human beings · Lee et al., 2018; CNN

Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth · 1 year, Class II

Caries experience (mean DMFS) · European adolescents aged 12–19 years · Examination year: < 2010

Food choice · Children and adolescents aged 0-19 years · Randomized trials

Sensitivity for detecting enamel caries · Asymptomatic children or adults suspected of enamel caries (clinical studies); extracted teeth (in vitro studies) · Analysis 2: network meta-analysis (all studies evaluating >=2 index tests)

Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children (aged 5-8 years) with Class-II caries in primary molars, no pulp therapy · 18 months (Cavalheiro 2020), Dentine etching time (7 s vs 15 s)

Dental caries (early childhood caries) · Healthy children under 6 years in South Africa

Clinical effectiveness · Children with carious primary teeth · At least 12 months

Difference in summary sensitivity (NMA, Analysis 2) · Electrical conductance vs Visual

Angular cheilitis prevalence · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)

Caries severity (mean DMFT) · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa · Setting: Urban/rural (unspecified)

Caries lesion initiation/progression (ICDAS score, laser fluorescence/DIAGNOdent, photographic pixels, enamel acid resistance) · Patients (children and adults, age 3-40 years) with initial enamel caries lesions (non-orthodontic and orthodontic) · Median follow-up 6 months (range 6-12 months)

Ulcerative stomatitis prevalence · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)

Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children (aged 3-5.5 years) with early childhood caries in anterior primary teeth (>=2 carious surfaces), no pulp… · 12 months (Alaki 2020)

Caries experience - mean dft (descriptive), primary dentition · CL/P vs no CL/P; Table 4 (1 group/1 study, Howe 2017)

Caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12–19 years · Examination year: ≥ 2010

Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/periodontitis (WHO clinical stage 3) · Children and adolescents (<18 years) · Cross-sectional (case-control; single time point)

Caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12–19 years · Publication year: < 2010

Caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12–19 years

Dental caries measured by net increment in DMFS scores · Primary school children (aged 3-16 years) attending primary school in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) · Post-intervention; follow-up varied across studies (interventions ranged from <2 years to >=2 years and longer), Intervention type: other (daily tooth brushing)

Overweight/obesity risk · Healthy children aged 6–24 months in Western industrialized countries · 18–78 months, BLW observational studies

Food intake · Children and adolescents aged 0-19 years · Immediate/short-term (post-exposure), Randomized trials

Dental caries measured by DMFT scores · Primary school children (aged 3-16 years) attending primary school in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) · >=2 years, Intervention duration >=2 years

Clinical and radiographic success rate (>=6 months) · Human permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis (symptomatic and asymptomatic) due to carious pulp exposure · >=6 months, Trim-and-fill adjusted for publication bias

Chronic herpes simplex infection (WHO clinical stage 4) · Children and adolescents (<18 years) · Cross-sectional (case-control; single time point)

Caries severity (mean DMFT) · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa · Country: Tanzania