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ReviewJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Prevalence of Dental Caries in the Indian Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Pragya Pandey, Tanya Nandkeoliar, A P Tikku, Diksha Singh, Manish Kumar Singh

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Pragya PandeyConservative Dentistry and Endodontics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Tanya NandkeoliarDepartment of Periodontology, Regional Institute of Medical sciences, Imphal, Manipur, India.
A P TikkuConservative Dentistry and Endodontics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Diksha SinghOral Pathology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Manish Kumar SinghDepartment of Community Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the pooled prevalence of dental caries among Indian population through systematic review and meta-analysis. MATERIALS AND

methodsA keyword search was conducted in PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Cochrane, and Scopus databases using relevant key words to extract the data pertaining to dental caries in Indian population. The search criteria included manuscripts published in English language from March 2009 to March 2019 and employed standard Boolean operators. The studies which met the inclusion criteria were independently reviewed by two researchers and their quality was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The overall prevalence was deduced using the random effects model with prime focus given to the site of anatomical origin. R software version 3.5.2. was used for statistical analysis.

resultsPost screening, out of the 253 articles identified, 70 met the inclusion criteria and were used to generate the meta-analysis. Among them, only few studies investigated the prevalence of root caries (

conclusionsBesides an overall prevalence of 54.16%, there exists a remarkable variation in dental caries prevalence rates as per age, diagnostic criteria, dentition, and geographical region. Furthermore, research should be focused on the prevalence of anatomical site specific caries as well.

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PMCPMC8257015

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