Search review questions

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

Pain (VAS cm) · Adults (>18 years) with established dry socket following permanent tooth extraction · Day 7 (also day 3)

Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars) · Follow-up: median 7 days

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

Time to initial pain relief (minutes) · Adults (>18 years) with established dry socket following permanent tooth extraction · Initial pain relief

Adverse events · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer · Adolescents (12-19 years)

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

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

Pain intensity at follow-up (12 months) · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer · Follow-up (12 months)

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

Mortality (pneumonia-associated) · Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities · 24 months

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

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

Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars) · Follow-up: median 7 days

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

Adverse events · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars) · Follow-up: median 7 days

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

Presence of dry socket · Adults (>18 years) having permanent tooth extraction (predominantly mandibular third molars) · Follow-up: median 7 days

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)

Pain intensity · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer · Treatment completion

Pain intensity · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer · Treatment completion

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)

Pain (VAS) · Adults (>18 years) with established dry socket following permanent tooth extraction

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

All-cause death · People with cardiovascular disease and chronic periodontitis

Reduction in level of contamination by particles <=5 um (droplet nuclei) at >=2 m from patient's oral cavity · Dental patients undergoing aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) and the dental healthcare providers treating them · droplet nuclei; aerobic cultures

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

Bleeding on probing (BOP) · People with diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2, mostly type 2) and periodontitis, at least 16 years of age · 3-4 months

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