Dental erosion · Five-year-old preschool children in Sharjah
Arab non-Emirati nationality was associated with lower odds of dental erosion.
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Preschool children in Abu Dhabi nurseries
Mean dmft was 2.60 in Emirati children versus 0.75 in non-Emirati children.
1 finding from 1 review
Failure of therapy · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…
It is very uncertain whether selective carious tissue removal (selective excavation, SE) changes failure of therapy compared with hall Technique (sealing with a preformed metal crown) (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Sensitivity for detection and diagnosis of early (enamel) caries · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
1 finding from 1 review
Failure of therapy · Children and/or adults with permanent or primary teeth, vital (sensitive) pulps, and cavitated or dentine carious lesions conventionally…
Non-selective carious tissue removal and conventional restoration (CR) may leads to higher failure of therapy compared with hall Technique (sealing with a preformed metal crown) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Amount of crowding · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
It is very uncertain whether vibrational appliance with fixed appliances changes amount of crowding (change in mandibular crowding) at 10 to 30 weeks compared with fixed appliances only / no vibrational appliance (control) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Specificity · Children, adolescents, or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of early enamel caries (in vivo), or extracted teeth of…
2 findings from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy for proximal caries detection (caries detection level) · Patients with permanent posterior teeth, proximal surfaces assessed clinically (in vivo)
Under in vivo conditions, sensor-based digital bitewing radiography had a pooled specificity of 0.93 (95% CI 0.77, 0.98) for proximal caries detection at the caries detection level; ungraded.
4 findings from 1 review
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Care index · Emirati preschool children in Ras Al Khaimah nurseries
The care index was 3.8%.
1 finding from 1 review
Lower incisors to mandible (position, mm) at 9 months · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
Lower lip bumper led to higher lower incisors to mandible at 6 months compared with no active treatment (control); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Sensitivity for detection of enamel caries · Children, adolescents, or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of early enamel caries (in vivo), or extracted teeth of…
1 finding from 1 review
Dental caries · Preschool children attending Al Ain pediatric dentistry department
Mean dmft was 10.9.
1 finding from 1 review
Amount of crowding (change in mandibular crowding) at 8 weeks · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
It is very uncertain whether nickel-titanium archwire changes amount of crowding (change in mandibular crowding) at 8 weeks compared with stainless steel archwire (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Size of the jaws (maxillary and mandibular arch length) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
Cervical pull headgear led to higher size of the jaws (maxillary and mandibular arch length) compared with minor interceptive procedures (control); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Size of the lower jaw (arch length) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
Lower lip bumper led to higher size of the lower jaw (mandibular arch length) at 6 months compared with no active treatment (control); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy: analogue versus CBCT (within-person, not pooled) · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy: in vitro versus in vivo comparison · Asymptomatic children, adolescents, or adults presenting for clinical examination (in vivo studies), or extracted teeth of children or…
1 finding from 1 review
Diagnostic accuracy for occlusal caries detection at the dentin caries detection level (D0-2 versus D3-4) · Extracted human permanent posterior teeth (premolars and molars), occlusal (pit-and-fissure) surfaces
In in vitro, laser fluorescence pen (2190) pooled specificity was 0.77 (95% CI 0.62 to 0.88) for occlusal caries at the dentin detection level; ungraded.
4 findings from 1 review
Specificity 0.77 [0.62, 0.88]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Sensitivity 0.63 [0.37, 0.83]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
DOR 5.85 [1.77, 19.30]
4 studies
GRADE not reported
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AUC 0.78
4 studies
GRADE not reported
Diagnostic accuracy for occlusal caries detection at the dentin caries detection level (D0-2 versus D3-4) · Extracted human permanent posterior teeth (premolars and molars), occlusal (pit-and-fissure) surfaces
In in vitro, digital bitewing radiography (phosphor plates) pooled specificity was 0.95 (95% CI 0.59 to 0.995) for occlusal caries at the dentin detection level; ungraded.
4 findings from 1 review
Specificity 0.95 [0.59, 0.995]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
AUC 0.73
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Sensitivity 0.48 [0.24, 0.73]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
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DOR 15.57 [0.47, 515.27]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Harms (pain) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
1 finding from 1 review
No difference in overall pain, but more pain with nickel-titanium at 12 hours and day 1 (morning, afternoon, bedtime) vs multistranded stainless steel (Sandhu 2013). Narrative; no pooled estimate.
1 study
GRADE not reported