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Marginal integrity success rate · Study design: Randomized controlled trial

Absence of recurrent caries success rate · Children with primary molars requiring proximal (Class II) restorations · 24 months

Retention success rate · Children with primary molars requiring proximal (Class II) restorations · 24 months, Financial source: Private or mixed

Periodontal disease · People who use drugs (PWUD): methamphetamine, heroin, opiate, cannabis and cocaine users

Sensitivity · Adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of having root caries (in vivo studies); extracted teeth of adults (in…

Incidence of dentinal carious lesion on treated occlusal surfaces of molars or premolars (yes/no) · Children and adolescents from the general population, younger than 20 years of age at the start of the study · 4 years

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Age group: Children

Diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) by subgroup: Proximal surfaces (detection of early enamel caries, D1 threshold) · Children or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of having enamel caries (in vivo/clinical studies);… · Up to 3 months between index test and reference standard (in vivo studies), Proximal surfaces

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Ethnicity: Caucasian

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Overall

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals with caries/high caries and caries-free or low-caries controls · Overall (n=3)

Dental caries (mean DMFT score) · General population (children and adults) assessed for dental hard-tissue health

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Age group: Children

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Ethnicity: Caucasian

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Overall

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Age group: Children

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Age group: Children

Retention success rate · Children with primary molars requiring proximal (Class II) restorations · 24 months, Financial source: Public

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Ethnicity: Caucasian

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Overall

Diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) by subgroup: Occlusal surfaces (detection of early enamel caries, D1 threshold) · Children or adults presenting asymptomatically or suspected of having enamel caries (in vivo/clinical studies);… · Up to 3 months between index test and reference standard (in vivo studies), Occlusal surfaces

Dental caries in permanent teeth · Children (permanent dentition) worldwide · America

Dentine caries in permanent molars (yes/no) · Children and adolescents from the general population, younger than 20 years of age at the start of the study · 2-3 years

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Age group: Children

Absence of recurrent caries success rate · Random assignment: Correct

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals with caries/high caries and caries-free or low-caries controls · Overall (n=4)

Dental caries · Human subjects with dental caries and caries-free controls · Single study (Doetzer et al. 2015)

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Ethnicity: Mixed

Dental caries in permanent teeth · Children (permanent dentition) worldwide · Asia

Dental caries susceptibility · Individuals assessed for dental caries (cases with caries/high caries vs. caries-free or low/very-low-caries controls) · Control group: Low caries

Tooth survival · Children with carious vital pulp exposure in primary incisors · 18-24 months

Annual decline in percentage of caries-free participants (permanent dentition, D3) · Children and adolescents (permanent dentition, D3, up to 21 y), Western or comparable populations · Annual (studies with >=3 y follow-up), Baseline caries experience: low

Gingivitis (proportion of bleeding sites) · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate) · 1 month

Dental caries experience (DMFT/dmft index) · Children aged 12-15 years (adolescents) · heavy contamination

Arrest or reversal of noncavitated approximal carious lesions · Children and adults with noncavitated carious lesions on approximal surfaces (primary and permanent teeth) · 12-36 mo

Caries increment, tooth index D(M)FT · Children and adolescents with immature permanent dentition (aged 5 to 16 years at study start) · Closest to 36 months

Discriminant power for caries severity: effect size (f) for microbial load (log10 CFU) between lesion categories · Patients with dentine carious lesions (deciduous/permanent teeth; children and adults)

Caries increment, surface index D(M)FS · Children and adolescents with immature permanent dentition (aged 5 to 16 years at study start) · Closest to 36 months

Dental caries experience (DMFT/dmft index) · Children aged 5-7 years (early school-age) · weak contamination

Caries increment, tooth index d(m)ft · Young children with primary (deciduous) dentition (aged 1 to 6 years at study start) · Follow-up: 22 months

Plaque · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate) · 4 to 6 weeks

Annual increment in DMFS (D3) · Children and adolescents with permanent dentition · Per additional year of follow-up, Not adjusted

Interproximal caries · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate)

Caries increment, tooth index D(M)FT · Children and adolescents with immature permanent dentition (aged 5 to 16 years at study start) · Closest to 36 months

Arrest of advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface · Preschool children with advanced cavitated carious lesions on any coronal surface (primary teeth) · 12 mo

Postoperative hypersensitivity (POH), patient-reported (dichotomous yes/no) · Adults or children with a Class I or Class II resin-based composite restoration in a permanent posterior tooth · 1 week

Caries increment, surface index d(m)fs · Young children with primary (deciduous) dentition (aged 1 to 6 years at study start) · Follow-up: 22 months

Caries increment, tooth index DMFT · Adults with mature permanent dentition (aged 18 to 93 years at study start) · 24 months

Number of participants with more severe DLs (severity of DLs) · Orthodontic patients of any age with fixed braces (new DLs assessed at debond) · At debond (end of orthodontic treatment)

Periodontitis (probing pocket depth) · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate)