Primary study · included by 1 review

Parent Training for Dental Care in Underserved Children With Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fenning 2022 · Fenning Rachel M, Butter Eric M, Macklin Eric A, et al. · Pediatrics · 2022

Included by

Oral Health Interventions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2025 · cited as Fenning 2022 · Table 2; reference list; Figures 5-6
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Plaque index (PI)
Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement
SMD -0.73 [-1.02, -0.44]9 studies · 754 participantsLow
Plaque indices combined (PI and OHI-S)
Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement
SMD -0.11 [-0.39, 0.18]2 studies · 197 participantsLow
Plaque indices combined (PI and OHI-S)
Oral health interventions (educational visual, verbal, booklet and procedural approaches; child and/or caregiver directed) vs Control or comparator interventions (e.g., conventional education, manual toothbrush, social story, passive video) · Last post-intervention measurement
SMD -0.95 [-1.39, -0.52]12 studies · 991 participantsLow

1 including review in total.