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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

The Impact of Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation on Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review.

Stephanie Shields, Tong Chen, Felicity Crombie, David J Manton, Mihiri Silva

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non- and minimally invasive management of hypersensitivity in molar-incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) at home and in clinical practice: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  2. Impact of treatment of molar-incisor hypomineralisation on children's oral health-related quality of life: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  5. Trends in the prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralisation between 2018 and 2023: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies in elementary schools in Mexico.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  9. Prevalence, defect characteristics and risk factors associated with molar incisor hypomineralisation in Mexican schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  13. Evaluation of a virtual training module on molar incisor hypomineralisation among Malaysian dental therapists.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  14. Causal effect of molar incisor hypomineralisation on oral health-related quality of life of Australian children aged 7-16 years.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  19. Analysis of the stomatognathic system functions and mastication muscles in children affected by molar hypomineralization (MH): a cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2024
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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephanie ShieldsMelbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
Tong ChenClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2751-2412
Felicity CrombieMelbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9175-1691
David J MantonMelbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4570-0620
Mihiri SilvaMelbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5950-3978
Royal Children's Hospital · AUMurdoch Children's Research Institute · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) is a qualitative developmental enamel defect with a prevalence of 13% worldwide. This review aims to outline the current evidence regarding the impact of MIH on children's oral health and, more broadly, their day-to-day activities. MIH is associated with negative sequelae, including hypersensitivity, post-eruptive breakdown, the rapid development of carious lesions and poor aesthetics. Other concerns pertain to the clinical management of MIH and include difficulty in achieving local anaesthesia, increased dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and increased behaviour management problems. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is the most standardised measure of patient impact; however, no instruments have been validated for use in MIH populations. The few existing observational studies investigating the impact of MIH on OHRQoL in children have produced conflicting results. Interventions to alleviate hypersensitivity and improve aesthetics had a positive impact on the OHRQoL of MIH-affected children. Multiple methodological issues make it difficult to measure the impact of MIH, including heterogeneity in the MIH severity classification, an overlap in the indices used to diagnose dental caries and MIH as well as the subjectivity of outcome measures for hypersensitivity and DFA.

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childhealth-related quality of lifemolar incisor hypomineralisation

Identifiers

PMID38338255
PMCPMC10855782
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