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. 2023 Sep 15;13:04111. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.04111

Table 3.

Further detail of included studies and caries prevalence

Focus GH or OH Dentist involved Instruments mentioned Reliability tested† Caries detection method Caries prevalence in %
Primary dentition
Riatto et al. [49]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
WHO
55.8
Nicol et al. [31]
OH
Yes
NA
NA
NA
62
Noaman et al. [41]
OH
NA
Yes
Yes
WHO
64.5
Bhatt et al. [40]
OH
NA
Yes
Yes
WHO
84
Permanent dentition
Riatto et al. [49]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
WHO
27.6
Takriti et al. [38]
OH
Yes
Yes
NA
WHO
53
Biscaglia et al. [43]
OH
NA
Yes
Yes
WHO
72.8
Bhatt et al. [40]
OH
NA
Yes
Yes
WHO
79.5
Marwaha et al. [32]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
ICDAS II
82
Solyman et al. [37]
OH
Yes
Yes
1Dentist
WHO
87.5
Høyvik et al. [48]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
astdd
89.4
Salim et al. [45]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
WHO
92.4
Salim et al. [46]
OH
NA
Yes
Yes
WHO
94.1
Unspecified dentition
Kakalou et al. [29]
GH
NA
NA
NA
ICD-10
4.6
van Berlaer et al. [26]
GH
NA
NA
NA
ICD-10
8.1
Pavlopoulou et al. [28]
GH
NA
NA
NA
NA
24.7
Azrak et al. [35]
OH
Yes
Yes
NA
WHO
48.8
Hjern et al. [30]
GH
NA
Yes
NA
NA
48.1
Hoover et al. [33]
OH
Yes
Yes
NA
NA
67.4
Al-Ani et al. [39]
OH
Yes
Yes
Yes
WHO
79.5
Joury et al. [47]
OH
Yes
NA
NA
NA
90.2
Freiberg et al. [27]
OH
Yes
NA
NA
NA (BEMA)*
98.7
Moreau et al. [34]
OH
NA
Yes
NA
WHO
NA
Goetz et al. [36]
OH
Yes
Yes
1 dentist
ICDAS (STROBE)
NA
Hamid et al. [42]
OH
NA
Yes
NA
NR
NA
Makan et al. [44]
OH
Yes
NA
NA
WHO
NA
Kazwini et al. [50]
OH
Yes
Yes
NA
WHO
NA
Flynn et al. [51] OH NA NA NA WHO NA

GH – general health, OH – oral health, NA – not applicable, WHO – World Health Organization, ICD-10 – International Classification of Diseases 10th revision, astdd – Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, ICDAS – International Caries Detection and Assessment System, BEMA – Einheitliche Bewertungsmaßstab für zahnärztliche Leistungen [Scale of Evaluation for Medical Services in the Statutory Health Insurance Sector]

*BEMA is the standard of evaluation of dental services and forms within the statutory health insurance in Germany (dentist recorded caries in BEMA forms).

†Reliability tested: If the studies gave information about inter or intra reliability of dental examination, it is showed as Yes or NA. The studies that did not report the caries prevalence, reported caries in other forms DMFT/S.