Restoration failure · Children with carious primary teeth after vital or non-vital pulp therapy
In one RCT, composite strip crowns with composite posts had an annual failure rate of 2.3% after 1 year.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa
Pooled caries prevalence in Uganda was 0.27 (95% CI 0.126 to 0.418; 3 article(s); not GRADE-rated).
23 findings from 1 review
Prevalence 0.27 [0.126, 0.418]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.329 [0.111, 0.548]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.282 [0.227, 0.337]
13 studies
GRADE not reported
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Prevalence 0.13 [0.106, 0.163]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.78 [0.724, 0.831]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.34 [0.276, 0.401]
5 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.48 [0.45, 0.514]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.391 [0.305, 0.477]
10 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.36 [0.294, 0.417]
25 studies · 18080 participants
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.314 [0.186, 0.443]
10 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.30 [0.239, 0.375]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.49 [0.42, 0.568]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.73 [0.694, 0.759]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.31 [0.279, 0.333]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.346 [0.085, 0.606]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.29 [0.247, 0.326]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.33 [0.066, 0.584]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.574 [0.427, 0.721]
5 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.34 [0.299, 0.376]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.59 [0.523, 0.654]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.11 [0.045, 0.26]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.403 [0.233, 0.574]
7 studies
GRADE not reported
Prevalence 0.19 [0.168, 0.214]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 15 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.77 (I² = 97.9%).
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment failure (annual failure rate) · Children with previously unrestored, vital carious lesions in primary teeth (no pulp therapy); aged 1.5-11 years
RMGIC had an annual failure rate of 1.9-16.9% (4 RCTs), lower than amalgam and similar to compomer/composite; low quality of evidence (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries prevalence and severity · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)
No significant difference in dental caries/severity between ART regimens (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Enamel caries proportion · European adolescents aged 15 years
Pooled enamel caries proportion was 0.72 (I² = 99.8%).
1 finding from 1 review
Kaposi's sarcoma (WHO clinical stage 4) · Children or adolescents
No eligible studies reported Kaposi's sarcoma.
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Human permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis due to carious pulp exposure
Among 6 observational studies, pooled pulpotomy success was 92.6 per 100 (95% CI 0.86-0.96), very low certainty.
4 findings from 1 review
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Z score BMI · Healthy, term-born, normal-birth-weight infants aged 4-24 months (breastfed and/or formula-fed) in Western industrialized countries
In one RCT, responsive complementary feeding lowered BMIz at 13 months versus control (0.23 vs 0.42, p=0.01; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of overweight and obesity after 13 mo (RCT, BMIz): DANIELS 2012 - children in the intervention group had a lower BMIz at 13 months than controls (0.23 +/- 0.93 vs 0.42 +/- 0.85; p = 0.01); 698 (1 RCT); Low.
1 study · 698 participants
Low
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Human permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis due to carious pulp exposure
CEM and calcium hydroxide did not differ significantly in pulpotomy success (indirect comparison); ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary immunoglobulin A (SIgA) concentration · Children or adolescents
No significant difference in total salivary IgA between CLWH and healthy controls, though anti-Candida SIgA was higher in HIV groups; narrative only.
1 finding from 1 review
Oral Health Status of Children and Adolescents Living with HIV Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review… 2022 All outcomesCross-sectional (case-control; single time point) · HIV pediatric/ART clinics, AIDS centers, and hospitals in Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, and West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal)
Pomarico 2009 reported no significant difference in total SIgA among HIV-ART, HIV-HAART, and healthy children, but significantly higher anti-Candida albicans SIgA in the two HIV groups; no effect estimate pooled.
1 study
GRADE not reported
Food choice · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)
In crossover studies with binary outcomes, food marketing had no clear association with food choice (OR 3.45, 95% CI 0.97 to 12.43; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 3.45 [0.97, 12.43]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · 12-year-old children (permanent dentition) in Africa
Pooled mean DMFT in Sudan was 0.49 (95% CI 0.461 to 0.519; 1 article(s); not GRADE-rated).
22 findings from 1 review
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MEAN 0.91 [0.295, 1.525]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.69 [1.463, 1.917]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.994 [0.731, 1.257]
14 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.802 [1.492, 2.111]
6 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.005 [0.797, 1.212]
10 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.61 [0.314, 0.902]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.133 [0.863, 1.404]
11 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.81 [0.646, 0.979]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.98 [0.829, 1.121]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 2.27 [1.931, 2.609]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.580 [0.320, 0.841]
5 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.60 [0.372, 0.833]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.09 [0.914, 1.266]
28 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 2.50 [2.173, 2.827]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.13 [0.795, 1.454]
6 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.085 [-0.092, 2.260]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.70 [0.639, 0.761]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 1.63 [1.509, 1.747]
1 study
GRADE not reported
MEAN 0.67 [0.631, 0.709]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Linear gingival erythema prevalence · Children and adolescents (<18 years) living with HIV (CLWH)
No significant difference in linear gingival erythema between CLWH with and without ART (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.29 [0.58, 2.88]
Studies not reported
Very low
Dental caries prevalence · European adolescents aged 12 years
Pooled caries prevalence was 0.49 (I² = 99.9%).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries detection accuracy on intraoral images · Dental images of human beings
The review reported 93.3% accuracy for caries detection on intraoral images in Kühnisch et al. (Ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Food preference · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)
Food marketing was associated with increased food preference (pooled SMD, 0.30; combined evidence).
3 findings from 1 review
Dental caries · European adolescents aged 12–19 years
Mean caries experience (DMFS) in subgroup 'Examination type: full-mouth' was 6.56 (95% CI 4.55 to 9.47; 12 studies).
11 findings from 1 review
MEAN 6.56 [4.55, 9.47]
12 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 7.61 [3.78, 15.30]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
MEAN 6.24 [4.16, 9.37]
10 studies
GRADE not reported
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Hypertension · Healthy children aged 6–24 months in Western industrialized countries
No eligible studies on caregivers' feeding practices during complementary feeding and later hypertension were found.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
0 studies
No studies found
Mineral loss (transversal microradiography) · Enamel/dentin specimens with initial caries lesions (or sound surfaces) in intraoral (in situ) appliances worn by patients
Under remineralizing conditions, nHA produced significantly more remineralization than the negative control (MD 350, 95% CI 179 to 521; very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review