Post-operative adverse events and complications · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Jain 2010 (3D group): segmental mobility (two), proximity to mental nerve or roots (two), radiologically unsatisfactory reduction (one) and unsatisfactory fixation (four) vs one (standard); only fixation differed…
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Average pain scores (0-100 VAS) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Drop-out rate due to protocol deviation · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Early premature removal of IMF (from hours up to 2 weeks) was reported in 13 of the 90 participants analysed (Collins 2004); participants released their own IMF or reported that "the wires fell off".
1 study · 90 participants
GRADE not reported
Post-operative pain (residual pain, any severity) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
2 mm titanium plates showed no clear difference in post-operative pain (residual pain, any severity) compared with 2.5 mm bioresorbable plates; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Intraoperative complications · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Segmental mobility · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
2 mm titanium plates showed no clear difference in segmental mobility compared with 2.5 mm bioresorbable plates; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Restoration of function (functional occlusion; bite force as surrogate) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Post-operative infection · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
2 mm locking titanium plates showed no clear difference in post-operative infection compared with 2 mm non-locking titanium plates; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.90 [0.1, 7]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Average pain scores (0-100 VAS) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Singh 2012 evaluated VAS pain at weeks 1, 4, 8 and month 3 and reported no significant difference between the groups, without supporting details.
1 study
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The unadjusted meta-regression coefficient for low socioeconomic status was 10.49365.
2 findings from 1 review
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The Model 1 adjusted meta-regression coefficient for quantitative HDI was -42.94101.
3 findings from 1 review
Meta-regression coefficient -42.94101
6 studies
GRADE not reported
Meta-regression coefficient 20.17878
25 studies
GRADE not reported
Meta-regression coefficient 6.901906
7 studies
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The Model 1 adjusted meta-regression coefficient for lower university education was -4.132903.
2 findings from 1 review
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The unadjusted meta-regression coefficient for low schooling was -2.301079.
2 findings from 1 review
Dental caries · Adult participants in HDI-stratified study populations
The pooled mean DMFT across HDI-stratified study populations was 11.49.
1 finding from 1 review