Oral health-related quality of life · Adolescents (10-19 years)
The abstract reports older age is associated with worse OHRQoL, but the body notes the evidence on age is limited and conflicting (narrative synthesis; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating).
2 findings from 1 review
Oral-health-related quality of life in adolescents: umbrella review. 2023 All outcomesCommunity/school/clinic settings; adolescents 10-19 years; included reviews conducted in multiple countries
Worse oral health status, older age, female sex and worse socioeconomic status were significantly associated with worse OHRQoL. [Body: the influence of religion and age on OHRQoL is unknown; Biological data such as…
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GRADE not reported
no estimate extracted
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GRADE not reported
Dental caries · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
Older age was associated with higher DMFT.
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Caries experience (mean DMFT) · Adults aged 19-60 years
Studies of older adults (mean age >33.4 years) had higher pooled DMFT than younger adults, but the age to DMFT meta-regression was not statistically significant; ungraded observational evidence.
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Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Age 48-59 months was associated with higher odds of ECC (OR 2.602).
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OR 2.602 [1.122, 2.302]
1 study
GRADE not reported
OR 2.845 [1.128, 2.072]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Determinants of oral diseases · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Age, education, income, oral-hygiene behaviour, dental-visit pattern and slum/disadvantaged residence are associated with oral disease; gender effects are disease-specific; ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Fourteen studies reported determinants: older age, less education, lower income, poor oral hygiene behaviour (brushing frequency, technique), infrequent dental visits and disadvantaged/slum residential setting were…
14 studies
GRADE not reported
Dental caries · Adult participants in 25 meta-regression studies
The unadjusted meta-regression coefficient for older mean age was 4.324884.
2 findings from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · children
Age 5 years was associated with higher odds of poor OHRQoL than age older than 5 years.
1 finding from 1 review
OR 3.68 [2.20, 5.17]
1 study
GRADE not reported
Gingivitis · School children aged 3-12 years in Sharjah clinic
Children aged 6 years or younger had lower odds of gingivitis.
1 finding from 1 review
Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years
Children aged 3 years had higher odds of poor OHRQoL than older children (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.42-2.57; 2 studies; ungraded).
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OR 2.00 [1.42, 2.57]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
OR 2.13 [1.50, 2.76]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Severity of injury by self report · Adults (16 years of age and older) who present to any healthcare setting with dental or facial injury
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of physical assault by self report · Adults (16 years of age and older) who present to any healthcare setting with dental or facial injury
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of physical assault by self report · Adults (16 years of age and older) who present to any healthcare setting with dental or facial injury
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Severity of injury by self report · Adults (16 years of age and older) who present to any healthcare setting with dental or facial injury
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) compared with clinical examination with 24-month recall (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with risk-based recall showed no clear difference in periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) · Dentate adults (aged 18 years and older) receiving dental check-ups in UK general dental practices (regular attenders)
Clinical examination with 24-month recall showed no clear difference in periodontal disease: gingival bleeding (percentage of sites) compared with clinical examination with 6-month recall (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Stage at diagnosis (early-stage detection) · Apparently healthy adults aged 35 years or older (general population), living in 13 clusters in rural areas of Trivandrum city, Kerala,…
Visual screening (oral visual inspection) by trained health workers led to lower stage at diagnosis (early-stage detection) compared with no screening; GRADE not reported.
2 findings from 1 review
Retained roots (mean number) · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia
Retained roots were more common in older people with dementia (0.2 to 10) than without (0.0 to 1.2); no meta-analysis was performed (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Caries experience (mean DMFT) · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia
The DMFT index was similar between groups, with only 1 of 5 comparative studies finding a significant difference; no meta-analysis was performed (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Denture use (prevalence) · Older people (aged 60 years or older) with dementia
Denture use was similar in older people with and without dementia, though one study reported lower denture use with more severe dementia; no meta-analysis was performed (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review