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Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review
BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common disorder characterized by the presence of one or more decayed (non-cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces of primary teeth in children 71 months old or younger. South Africa has a diverse population in t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8386354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34170258 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26701 |
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author | Kimmie-Dhansay, Faheema Barrie, Robert Roberts, Tina Naidoo, Sudeshni |
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description | BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common disorder characterized by the presence of one or more decayed (non-cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces of primary teeth in children 71 months old or younger. South Africa has a diverse population in terms of culture, education, income, and occupation. This diversity is due to the consequences of historical racial discrimination, poverty, unemployment, lack of accessibility to health services, and quality of education. These factors make South Africa unique, and the disease and risk profiles for this country differ from those of other countries at similar stages of development. For these reasons, it is important to identify the unique maternal and infant risk factors for ECC in the South African context. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors associated with the incidence and prevalence of ECC in South Africa in children under the age of 6 years. METHODS: All cross-sectional and cohort studies documenting risk factors associated with the prevalence and incidence of dental disease and severity (decayed, missing, and filled scores) will be included. We will search 7 databases for eligible studies, and those included will be based on prespecified inclusion criteria. Only studies conducted with South African children who are aged 6 years and younger in which dental caries risk factors are documented will be included. There is no restriction on the time or language of publication. Included articles will be scrutinized for quality by using a risk of bias tool developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The results will be presented narratively, and if possible, a meta-analysis will be performed. RESULTS: The literature search was conducted in November 2020. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study will provide a framework to inform medical and dental personnel to highlight mothers and infants at risk of developing ECC. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42020216455; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=216455 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/26701 |
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spelling | pubmed-83863542021-09-02 Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review Kimmie-Dhansay, Faheema Barrie, Robert Roberts, Tina Naidoo, Sudeshni JMIR Res Protoc Protocol BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common disorder characterized by the presence of one or more decayed (non-cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces of primary teeth in children 71 months old or younger. South Africa has a diverse population in terms of culture, education, income, and occupation. This diversity is due to the consequences of historical racial discrimination, poverty, unemployment, lack of accessibility to health services, and quality of education. These factors make South Africa unique, and the disease and risk profiles for this country differ from those of other countries at similar stages of development. For these reasons, it is important to identify the unique maternal and infant risk factors for ECC in the South African context. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors associated with the incidence and prevalence of ECC in South Africa in children under the age of 6 years. METHODS: All cross-sectional and cohort studies documenting risk factors associated with the prevalence and incidence of dental disease and severity (decayed, missing, and filled scores) will be included. We will search 7 databases for eligible studies, and those included will be based on prespecified inclusion criteria. Only studies conducted with South African children who are aged 6 years and younger in which dental caries risk factors are documented will be included. There is no restriction on the time or language of publication. Included articles will be scrutinized for quality by using a risk of bias tool developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The results will be presented narratively, and if possible, a meta-analysis will be performed. RESULTS: The literature search was conducted in November 2020. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study will provide a framework to inform medical and dental personnel to highlight mothers and infants at risk of developing ECC. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42020216455; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=216455 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/26701 JMIR Publications 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8386354/ /pubmed/34170258 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26701 Text en ©Faheema Kimmie-Dhansay, Robert Barrie, Tina Roberts, Sudeshni Naidoo. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 25.06.2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Research Protocols, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.researchprotocols.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Protocol Kimmie-Dhansay, Faheema Barrie, Robert Roberts, Tina Naidoo, Sudeshni Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title | Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title_full | Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title_short | Risk Indicators for Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review |
title_sort | risk indicators for early childhood caries in south africa: protocol for a systematic review |
topic | Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8386354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34170258 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26701 |
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