Intra-examiner reliability · Children and adults with primary or permanent dentition undergoing dental caries assessment
Intra-examiner reliability ranged from kappa 0.52 to 1.00 across 6 studies; certainty not graded.
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Dental service utilisation within the past year · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Professional dental service utilization was generally low, episodic, and pain driven.
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no estimate extracted
10 studies
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Periodontopathogenic microbiota composition
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Dental caries prevalence · Children (<18 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India
Dental caries affects about 64% of children with IDD in India (pooled prevalence 0.64, 95% CI 0.45-0.79; high heterogeneity; ungraded).
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Periodontal disease prevalence · Children (<18 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India
In the single study reporting it, periodontal disease prevalence was 54.2% (single study; ungraded).
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Plaque index (PI) / oral hygiene · Children and/or adolescents (<18 years) without background systemic disease
In a subgroup analysis, milk-based probiotics reduced the bacterial plaque index more than other presentations (MD -0.10, 95%CI -0.20 to -0.00; p-interaction=0.01); not GRADE-rated.
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Dental service utilisation within the past year · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Past-year dental service use varies widely (4%-72%); ungraded.
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Dental caries · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Slum residents had non-significantly higher odds of caries than non-slum residents (OR 1.21, 95% CI 0.94-1.56; single study); ungraded.
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Regular toothbrushing usage (prevalence) · Children (<18 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India
About 91% of children with IDD in India use a toothbrush regularly (pooled prevalence 0.91, 95% CI 0.80-0.96; high heterogeneity; ungraded).
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Dental caries in children · Adolescents (12-18 years) without background systemic disease
In a subgroup analysis, probiotics reduced the number of caries in adolescents (MD -0.60, 95%CI -0.92 to -0.28; p-interaction=0.02); not GRADE-rated.
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Periodontal pocket (odds), slum vs non-slum residence · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Slum residents had significantly higher odds of periodontal pocketing than non-slum residents (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.13-1.98; single study); ungraded.
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Caries experience (mean DMFT) · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Mean DMFT ranges from 0.26 to 16.6 across LMIC urban/slum populations; ungraded.
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Dental trauma prevalence · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Dental trauma appears more common in urban and disadvantaged settings; ungraded, few studies.
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Use of toothbrush and toothpaste for mouth cleaning · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Toothbrush/paste is the commonest cleaning method but is used less in slum/disadvantaged/rural groups than urban/non-slum groups; ungraded.
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Gingival index (GI) · Children and/or adolescents (<18 years) without background systemic disease
Probiotics probably make little to no difference to the gingival index versus control (MD 0.04, 95%CI -0.18 to 0.27; low certainty).
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Overall diagnostic accuracy (agreement) · Children and adults with primary or permanent dentition undergoing dental caries assessment
Where reported (about 5 studies, Table 2), overall diagnostic accuracy was high (about 93% to 97.6%); no pooled estimate and certainty not graded.
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Salivary pH · Children and/or adolescents (<18 years) without background systemic disease
In a subgroup analysis, mouth-rinse probiotics reduced salivary pH (MD -0.40, 95%CI -0.54 to -0.26; p-interaction<0.01); not GRADE-rated.
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Efficacy of Probiotic Consumption on Oral Outcomes in Children and/or Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. 2024 All outcomesHealthy children and/or adolescents (<18 years) without systemic disease; RCTs from multiple countries (India, Thailand, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Poland, Colombia, Saudi Arabia); mostly school/community and clinic settings · Probiotic presentation: mouth rinse (vs other presentations; p-interaction<0.01)
MD -0.40 [-0.54, -0.26]
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Correlation between teledentistry and clinical caries assessment
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Dental caries prevalence and severity · Persons with disabilities (children and adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, or multiple disabilities)…
Dental caries prevalence and severity are high among persons with disabilities in Saudi Arabia (60% to over 80%), and the one comparative autism study reported significantly higher caries than controls; synthesized narratively (ungraded).
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Narrative synthesis (no pooled estimate). High dental caries burden among PWDs: caries prevalence 60% to over 80% (abstract). Alkahtani 2019 (hearing-impaired adults, single-arm): caries prevalence 82.2%, treatment…
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported
Specificity · Children and adults with primary or permanent dentition undergoing dental caries assessment
Across 13 studies, the specificity of teledentistry caries diagnosis ranged from 83% to 100%; no pooled estimate and certainty not graded.
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