ReviewEvidence-based dentistry2024
Effectiveness of school oral health programs in children and adolescents: an umbrella review.
Review in Evidence-based dentistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- What are children's perceptions of dental interventions? A qualitative systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Pooled it
- A scoping review of school-based oral health interventions among adolescents in Nigeria.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of a Community-Based Preventive Oral Health Program on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Aged Children.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2026Observational
- Psychometric evaluation of the Korean version of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile administered online among schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- A co-created randomised controlled feasibility trial of a peer-led complex oral health intervention in UK secondary schools: the RAISED In Yorkshire RiY study protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Comparative effectiveness of culturally adapted oral health education in rural Quechua-speaking schoolchildren: a cluster quasi-experimental study.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Convenience sampling of primary school students in Tianjin to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile-based virtual reality experimental learning in oral health education.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Impact of a Novel Oral Health Tracker cum Motivator Versus Conventional Education on Oral Health Behavior Among 10- to 15-Year-Old School Children in Lucknow: A Single-Blinded, Parallel Design-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness of any type of school-based oral health programs in children and adolescents. METHODOLOGY: A two-staged search strategy comprising electronic databases and registries based on systematic reviews was employed to evaluate the effectiveness of school-based interventions. The quality assessment of the systematic reviews was carried out using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR-2) tool. The Corrected Covered Area was used to evaluate the degree of overlap.
resultsNine reviews were included in this umbrella review. The Critical Covered Area reported moderate overlap (5.70%) among the primary studies. The assessment of risk of bias revealed one study with a high level confidence; one with moderate whereas all other studies with critically low confidence. Inconclusive evidence related to improvements in dental caries and gingival status was reported whereas, plaque status improved in a major proportion of the reviews. Knowledge, attitude, and behavior significantly increased in students receiving educational interventions when compared to those receiving usual care.
conclusionsThe evidence points to the positive impact of these interventions in behavioral changes and clinical outcomes only on a short term basis. There is a need for long-term follow-up studies to substantiate the outcomes of these interventions.
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