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Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review
OBJECTIVES: In KSA, numerous studies are conducted to measure the prevalence of dental caries. However, the prevalence of dental caries varies in KSA. This systematic review aims to improve the understanding of the prevalence of dental caries among adults and children residing in KSA. METHODS: Onlin...
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Taibah University
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8498786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.06.008 |
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author | Alshammari, Falah R. Alamri, Hamdan Aljohani, Marwan Sabbah, Wael O'Malley, Lucy Glenny, Anne-Marie |
author_facet | Alshammari, Falah R. Alamri, Hamdan Aljohani, Marwan Sabbah, Wael O'Malley, Lucy Glenny, Anne-Marie |
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description | OBJECTIVES: In KSA, numerous studies are conducted to measure the prevalence of dental caries. However, the prevalence of dental caries varies in KSA. This systematic review aims to improve the understanding of the prevalence of dental caries among adults and children residing in KSA. METHODS: Online databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched. The Saudi Dental Journal was hand-searched. Study selection and data extraction were conducted in duplicate. The studies on dental caries in the Saudi population were included. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the selected studies. Finally, a narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS: Forty-nine cross-sectional studies were identified. Areas of weakness in study design/conduct were low response rates, reliable outcome measurement, and identification and handling of confounding factors. Statistical pooling of data was not appropriate due to substantial heterogeneity, also in part to a variation in geographical location and the target population. Twenty-nine studies presented data for primary dentition. The proportion of dental caries among primary teeth ranged from 0.21 to 1.00. Eighteen studies presented data for permanent dentition. The proportion of dental caries across permanent teeth ranged from 0.05 to 0.99. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the methodological quality of the included studies was poor. Dental caries proportion level ranged from 0.05 to 0.99 in permanent teeth, and 0.21 to 1.00 across primary teeth. The available data does not provide a complete assessment of dental caries across KSA. Existing studies are limited in terms of the populations studied for dental caries. |
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spelling | pubmed-84987862021-10-21 Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review Alshammari, Falah R. Alamri, Hamdan Aljohani, Marwan Sabbah, Wael O'Malley, Lucy Glenny, Anne-Marie J Taibah Univ Med Sci Review Article OBJECTIVES: In KSA, numerous studies are conducted to measure the prevalence of dental caries. However, the prevalence of dental caries varies in KSA. This systematic review aims to improve the understanding of the prevalence of dental caries among adults and children residing in KSA. METHODS: Online databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched. The Saudi Dental Journal was hand-searched. Study selection and data extraction were conducted in duplicate. The studies on dental caries in the Saudi population were included. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the selected studies. Finally, a narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS: Forty-nine cross-sectional studies were identified. Areas of weakness in study design/conduct were low response rates, reliable outcome measurement, and identification and handling of confounding factors. Statistical pooling of data was not appropriate due to substantial heterogeneity, also in part to a variation in geographical location and the target population. Twenty-nine studies presented data for primary dentition. The proportion of dental caries among primary teeth ranged from 0.21 to 1.00. Eighteen studies presented data for permanent dentition. The proportion of dental caries across permanent teeth ranged from 0.05 to 0.99. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the methodological quality of the included studies was poor. Dental caries proportion level ranged from 0.05 to 0.99 in permanent teeth, and 0.21 to 1.00 across primary teeth. The available data does not provide a complete assessment of dental caries across KSA. Existing studies are limited in terms of the populations studied for dental caries. Taibah University 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8498786/ /pubmed/34690643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.06.008 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Article Alshammari, Falah R. Alamri, Hamdan Aljohani, Marwan Sabbah, Wael O'Malley, Lucy Glenny, Anne-Marie Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title | Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title_full | Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title_fullStr | Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title_short | Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review |
title_sort | dental caries in saudi arabia: a systematic review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8498786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.06.008 |
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