ReviewMetabolites2022
Are Dental Caries Associated with Oxidative Stress in Saliva in Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review.
Review in Metabolites, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Changes in salivary biomarkers of pain, anxiety, stress, and inflammation related to tooth movement during orthodontic treatment: a systematic review.Dental press journal of orthodontics · 2024Pooled it
- Is obesity associated with taste alterations? a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Polymorphisms in SOD2 and SOD3 Genes are Associated with Dental Caries in Primary Dentition of Brazilian Children.Biochemical genetics · 2026Article
- Risk factors for dyseugia during chemotherapy in breast cancer women: A cohort STROBE-guided.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2026Review
- Impact of midazolam on salivary glands: a comprehensive analysis of oxidative biochemistry, morphological changes, and salivary composition.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- A Holistic Approach to Metabolic Health Assessment-Analysis of Bioimpedance, Blood, and Saliva Biochemistry in Population Studies-A Pilot Study.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Balancing the Oral Redox State: Endogenous and Exogenous Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species and the Antioxidant Role of Lamiaceae and Asteraceae.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- The Role of Oxidative Stress-Related Gene Polymorphisms (Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Effects of stress on bone health in children.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Oral issues and childhood stress in eight-to-ten-year-old schoolchildren: a case-control study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms in dental caries-induced pulp inflammation and regeneration of dentine-pulp complex: Future perspectives.The Saudi dental journal · 2023Article
- The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study.European journal of translational myology · 2023Article
- Dental Caries and Salivary Oxidative Stress: Global Scientific Research Landscape.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Interactive Effect of Salivary Protein Carbonyl, Total Glutathione, pH, and Flow Rate on Root Caries Severity: A Case-Control Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- Evaluation of salivary parameters and remineralizing effects of yogurt in counteracting the cariogenic impact of candy consumption: An in vivo study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to assess whether dental caries is associated with oxidative salivary stress. The searches were carried out in electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, LILACS, OpenGrey, and Google Scholar, without restrictions on the date of publication and language. The acronym PECO was used, in which the participants (P) were children and adolescents exposed (E) to dental caries compared (C) to those without dental caries, with the outcome (O) of modulation of oxidative biochemical parameters. After the search retrieval, the duplicates were removed, and the articles were evaluated by title and abstract, following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, the papers were read and thoroughly assessed. After selection, the risk of bias assessment and qualitative synthesis were performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for observational studies. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tool was used to assess the level of evidence. A total of 5790 studies were found, and 30 articles were considered eligible and were included for the qualitative synthesis and the level of evidence assessment. The studies showed an imbalance of the antioxidant and pro-oxidant parameters in individuals with dental caries, with primarily increases in both total antioxidant capacity and lipid peroxidation. Most articles showed a low risk of bias, having comparability as the main issue. When exploring through GRADE, a very low level of evidence was found. It was possible to observe an association between oxidative stress and dental caries, showing a disbalance of antioxidants and pro-oxidants, but the evidence level was still very low.
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