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SynthesisEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2018

Association between malocclusion and dental caries in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A C Sá-Pinto, T M Rego, L S Marques, C C Martins, M L Ramos-Jorge, J Ramos-Jorge

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Synthesis in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Severity of malocclusion and its association with caries risk level in the primary dentition: a single-centre cross-sectional survey.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

A C Sá-PintoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Rua da Glória, 187-Centro, Diamantina, MG, 39.100-000, Brazil. anaclara_sa@live.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2786-563X
T M RegoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Rua da Glória, 187-Centro, Diamantina, MG, 39.100-000, Brazil.
L S MarquesDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Rua da Glória, 187-Centro, Diamantina, MG, 39.100-000, Brazil.
C C MartinsDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
M L Ramos-JorgeDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Rua da Glória, 187-Centro, Diamantina, MG, 39.100-000, Brazil.
J Ramos-JorgeDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the association between malocclusion and dental caries in adolescents.

methodsSearches were conducted of six electronic databases, complemented by manual searching of the reference lists of the selected articles and grey literature. Two independent reviewers performed the selection of the articles, data extraction and the evaluation of the risks of bias through an assessment of methodological quality. Meta-analysis was performed considering the mean decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index for caries and the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) for malocclusion. Heterogeneity was tested using the I

resultsThe initial search retrieved 2644 studies, only 15 of which were selected for full-text analysis. Four cross-sectional studies were included in the qualitative systematic review. Only one of these studies found no association between malocclusion and dental caries. The meta-analysis of three studies demonstrated that a lower DAI value was significantly associated with a lower mean DMFT index, except for the comparison of DAI 26-30 vs. 31-35.

conclusionsBased on the studies analysed, the scientific evidence indicates an association between malocclusion and dental caries.

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AdolescentDental CariesHumansMalocclusionRisk FactorsAdolescentDental cariesMalocclusionSystematic review

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PMID29594971

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