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ArticleDentistry journal2023

The Impact of Dental Care Programs on Individuals and Their Families: A Scoping Review.

Abdulrahman Ghoneim, Violet D'Souza, Arezoo Ebnahmady, Kamini Kaura Parbhakar, Helen He, Madeline Gerbig, Audrey Laporte, Rebecca Hancock Howard, Noha Gomaa, Carlos Quiñonez and 1 more

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abdulrahman GhoneimFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
Violet D'SouzaFaculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Arezoo EbnahmadyFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
Kamini Kaura ParbhakarFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
Helen HeFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
Madeline GerbigFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
Audrey LaporteInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada.
Rebecca Hancock HowardInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0997-988X
Noha GomaaSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7351-9036
Carlos QuiñonezSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Sonica SinghalFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X3, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAWestern University · CADalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite significant global improvements in oral health, inequities persist. Targeted dental care programs are perceived as a viable approach to both improving oral health and to address inequities. However, the impacts of dental care programs on individual and family oral health outcomes remain unclear.

objectivesThe purpose of this scoping review is to map the evidence on impacts of existing dental programs, specifically on individual and family level outcomes.

methodsWe systematically searched four scientific databases, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Sociological Abstracts for studies published in the English language between December 1999 and November 2021. Search terms were kept broad to capture a range of programs. Four reviewers (AG, VD, AE, and KKP) independently screened the abstracts and reviewed full-text articles and extracted the data. Cohen's kappa inter-rater reliability score was 0.875, indicating excellent agreement between the reviewers. Data were summarized according to the PRISMA statement.

resultsThe search yielded 65,887 studies, of which 76 were included in the data synthesis. All but one study assessed various individual-level outcomes (n = 75) and only five investigated family outcomes. The most common program interventions are diagnostic and preventive (n = 35, 46%) care, targeted children (n = 42, 55%), and delivered in school-based settings (n = 28, 37%). The majority of studies (n = 43, 57%) reported a significant improvement in one or more of their reported outcomes; the most assessed outcome was change in dental decay (n = 35).

conclusionsDental care programs demonstrated effectiveness in addressing individual oral health outcomes. However, evidence to show the impact on family-related outcomes remains limited and requires attention in future research.

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dental caredental care programsdental cariesfamily outcomesindividual leveloral healthoral health outcomespatient reported outcome measures

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