Streptococcus mutans acid (lactic acid) production and cariogenic potential · Oral biofilm of children/individuals at risk of dental caries
The review concludes that Veillonella spp. may modulate (often inhibit) S. mutans acid production and compete for lactate substrate, potentially reducing cariogenesis, but the evidence is narrative and ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Somatosensory evoked potentials · Patients of any age in any setting requiring intervention for iatrogenic injury to the inferior alveolar or lingual nerve
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Willingness to pay for dental care · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Across 37 willingness-to-pay studies, patients' WTP varied with treatment type and sociodemographic factors, being higher for aesthetic treatments (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
N=37 articles analyzed patients' willingness-to-pay (3 RCTs, 6 non-RCTs, 26 cross-sectional, 2 mixed-methods); most examined WTP for a specific treatment (N=29). WTP is higher for aesthetic than functional treatments…
37 studies
GRADE not reported
Factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions (overall) · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
A wide range of factors (n=101 in three categories) influence patients' dental treatment decisions; the review identified and synthesized them qualitatively without grading certainty (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
n=101 factors of choice identified across 233 articles, grouped into three categories: (I) Dentist & dental institution (n=44 factors), (II) Patient (n=37), (III) Treatment (n=20); no effect sizes were pooled…
233 studies
GRADE not reported
Pain as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Pain was identified as a factor of choice in 49 articles.
1 finding from 1 review
Out-of-pocket payment / cost as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Out-of-pocket payment (cost) was the most frequently reported factor influencing patients' dental treatment decisions (N=136 articles; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
'Out-of-pocket payment' (and synonyms, e.g., 'cost') was the most frequently identified factor: mentioned in N=136 articles with the highest code frequency (n=151); most prevalent factor in 7 of the 8 countries with…
136 studies
GRADE not reported
Dental fear (fear of treatment) as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Dental fear was the second most frequently reported factor (N=64 articles), varying by country (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
'Fear' (of treatment; synonyms e.g., 'fear of needles') identified in N=64 articles (code frequency n=73), the second most frequent factor; frequently reported in India (42%), Saudi Arabia (39%) and Brazil (36%), but…
64 studies
GRADE not reported
Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Aesthetics was the third most frequently reported factor (N=53 articles), most prominent in Brazil and Saudi Arabia (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Patients' factors of choice regarding utilization of dental treatments · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
The review identified 101 factors of choice influencing dental treatment decisions across 233 articles.
1 finding from 1 review
Fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) as a barrier to dental treatment · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
One study found that fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection led US patients to postpone and cancel dental treatments, with dental care most affected (38.1% delays; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Aesthetics as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Aesthetics was identified as a factor of choice in 53 articles.
1 finding from 1 review
Delay of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
In one mixed-methods study, 38.1% of dental-care respondents reported delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 finding from 1 review
Willingness to pay for dental care · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Thirty-seven articles examined willingness to pay for dental care.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain as a factor of choice · (Potential) patients with freedom of choice regarding dental treatments, including parents and caregivers deciding for children or…
Pain was the fourth most frequently reported factor (N=49 articles), reported across most countries (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
'Pain' (synonyms e.g., 'pain intensity') identified in N=49 articles (code frequency n=61); frequent in Brazil (43%), Canada (25%) and the USA (23%), not identified in Germany (0); reported across about 34 countries…
49 studies
GRADE not reported
Percentage of bleeding on probing (BOP) · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
Anorexia nervosa is associated with significantly increased bleeding on probing versus healthy controls (MD 16.57%, 95% CI 12.89 to 20.25; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary flow rate (stimulated) · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
Stimulated salivary flow rate was significantly lower in anorexia nervosa patients than controls, but only unstimulated flow was meta-analyzed; this outcome is ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary pH · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
Anorexia nervosa is associated with significantly lower salivary pH than healthy controls (MD -0.39, 95% CI -0.54 to -0.24; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary alpha-amylase · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
There is no significant difference in salivary alpha-amylase between anorexia nervosa patients and healthy controls (MD 6.32 U/l, 95% CI -6.14 to 18.79; low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Salivary flow rate (unstimulated) · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
Anorexia nervosa probably reduces unstimulated salivary flow rate versus healthy controls (MD -0.27 ml/min, 95% CI -0.31 to -0.24; moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Gingival (marginal) recession · Patients with anorexia nervosa aged >=12 years (mean age ~18.4; entirely female in reported data), general community-dwelling population
Gingival (marginal) recession was significantly higher in anorexia nervosa patients than controls in both reporting studies, but was not pooled or graded (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review