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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Oral Health among Children Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Phoebe Pui Ying Lam, Ni Zhou, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu, Hai Ming Wong

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Phoebe Pui Ying LamPaediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Ni ZhouSchool of Stomatology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China.
Cynthia Kar Yung YiuPaediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-4090-6205
Hai Ming WongPaediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-3411-6442
Queen Mary Hospital · CNKunming Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral health is an integral component of general health and well-being but might be undermined among children living with HIV (CLWH) due to the condition itself or the antiretroviral therapy (ART) received. This review summarises the current evidence and compares the oral health status of the CLWH who were treatment-naïve with those undergoing different ART medications. Fourteen studies were included in the final qualitative and quantitative analyses. This review identified no significant difference in the prevalence of caries, periodontal conditions, and tooth development between both groups. Orofacial opportunistic infections were more prevalent in the CLWH without ART. Children undergoing ART with a duration longer than 3 years had a significantly lower prevalence of oral candidiasis and CD4+ T-cell counts. However, due to the insufficient number of well-administered case-control studies with adequate sample size, the quality of the evidence in all outcomes was of very low certainty.

Indexed as

Candidiasis, OralHIV InfectionsCD4 Lymphocyte CountChildHumansOral HealthPrevalenceadolescentsantiretroviral therapychildrenHIVmeta-analysisoral health

Identifiers

PMID36231240
PMCPMC9565507
OpenAlexW4296639000

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