ArticleThe Saudi dental journal2023
Prevalence and severity of dental caries in school children in Saudi Arabia: A nationwide cross-sectional study.
Article in The Saudi dental journal, 2023. 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 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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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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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Caries experience and associated factors among Iranian and Afghan immigrant adolescents aged 13-15 years in Tehran: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Estimating Future Demand for Dental Prostheses and Workforce Needs in a Dental Care Setting: The Saudi Experience.International dental journal · 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
- Primary care physicians and oral health care: competency gaps and opportunities for training.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Relationship Between Short Sleep, Exercise Frequency and Media Use with Oral Health in Korean Elementary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Cariogenic Potential of Pediatric Oral Medications.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Implementing the Child Oral Health Initiative (COHI): improving access to preventive dental care to achieve Saudi Vision 2030 healthcare goals.BMJ open quality · 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
- Impact of Dental Treatment, Including Multiple Extractions, Under General Anaesthesia on Children's Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Prospective Study.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Demographic Insights in Public Dental Clinics in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aim: This nationwide study assessed the prevalence and severity of dental caries in 6-, 12-, and 15-year-old school children across Saudi Arabia. This study examined differences between genders and among regions regarding the mean values of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT), the care index (CI), and the significant caries index (SiC index). Materials and methods: Data from 19,870 participants, 10,435 males and 9435 females, were collected using stratified multistage cluster random sampling. The survey team divided Saudi Arabia into five regions (northern, eastern, western, southern, and middle). To represent each respective region, a large city, two random towns ( Results: The overall prevalence of caries was 65.6%, with 72.1 occurring in primary teeth and 61.7% in permanent teeth. The percentages of individuals with missing teeth and filled teeth were 9.0% and 20.5%, respectively. The mean dmft was 3.93 ± 3.60, while the mean DMFT was 2.42 ± 2.52; most of the DMFT components were significantly higher in females than males, while the dmft components were higher in males. The northern region had the highest and worst DMFT/dmft ratios of the five regions. The mean SiC30 and SiC10 values were significantly higher than the overall average DMFT/dmft values ( Conclusion: Dental caries remain a public health challenge among school children in Saudi Arabia. The SiC and CI analysis indicated that caries management had a high overall efficacy, but that certain groups of the population may need targeted management in the future.
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