ReviewJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences2021
Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review.
Review in Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07091578 (Assessing the Feasibility of School-Based Oral Health Programmes in Primary Schools in Saudi Arabia), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers.
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Assessing the Feasibility of School-Based Oral Health Programmes in Primary Schools in Saudi Arabia: A Pilot Study
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40 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Drugstore or discount? A study on fluoride, pH and acidity of commercial mouthwashes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
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- Caries experience, oral health behaviors, and socioeconomic determinants among high school students in Madinah, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
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- Perspectives of program directors regarding candidate selection for the Saudi Board of Restorative Dentistry program.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Primary care physicians and oral health care: competency gaps and opportunities for training.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Oral Health Status of the Elderly Population in Iran.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Dental Caries in Arabian Children Attending King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah: A Pilot Study.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Association of High BMI with Dental History, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and DMFT Index in Female Students at Taif University Sports Center: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Dental Caries in the Permanent Teeth of Arab Children.European journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Saudi Electronic Caries Assessment Tool (SECAT) Development: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Challenges Faced by Undergraduate Dental Students During Root Canal Treatment (RCT) and the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients After RCT.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of dental caries among children attending public versus private schools: A cross-sectional comparative analysis.Bioinformation · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn 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.
methodsOnline 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.
resultsForty-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.
conclusionsIn 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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