Table 3.
DMF and Caries prevalence.
| Study | Focus | Dentist Involved | Instruments Mentioned | DMF | Prevalence of Caries % | Reliability Tested | Guideline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [30] Hermans et al. | GH | NR | NR | NR | 2.9 * | NR | SPHERE |
| [21] Solyman and Schmidt-Westhausen | OH | Yes | Yes | Yes a | 87.5 | Yes | WHO |
| [22] Kakalou et al. | GH | NR | NR | NR | 4.6 | NR | ICD-10 |
| [6] Høyvik et al. | OH | Yes | Yes | Yes a | 89.4 | Yes | astdd |
| [23] Goetz et al. | OH | Yes | Yes | Yes a | NR | 1 Dentist | ICDAS (STROBE) |
| [24] Riatto et al. | OH | Yes | Yes | Yes b | (50–75) | Yes | WHO |
| [25] Pavlopoulou et al. | GH | NR | NR | NR | 24.7 | NR | NR |
| [26] van Berlaer et al. | GH | NR | NR | NR | 8.1 | NR | ICD-10 |
| [20] Mattila et al. | OH | Yes | NR | NR | AS 57 | NR | NR |
| [27] Al-Ani et al. | OH | Yes | Yes | Yes c | Age groups: | Yes | WHO |
| 0–3 (49) | |||||||
| 6–11 (14) | |||||||
| 13–17 (28) | |||||||
| 18–34 (10) | |||||||
| 35–44 (16) | |||||||
| 45–64 (21) | |||||||
| [29] Hjern and Kling | GH | NR | Yes | NR | 48.1 | NR | NR |
| [28] Freiberg et al. | OH | Yes | NR | NR | 98.7 | NR | (BEMA) |
| [13] Zaheer et al. | OH | Yes | NR | NR | 100 | NR | NR |
| [2] Williams et al. | GH | NR | NR | NR | 65 | NR | NR |
Note: GH—General health; OH—Oral health; AS—Asylum seeker; NR—Not Reported; * For 30 Patients; a All participants were adults; b All participants were children; c Participants were children and adults. For deciduous (up to 6 years—permanent (up to 12 years) teeth respectively. SPHERE—Global movement started in 1997 to improve quality of humanitarian assistance, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response; 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—standard of evaluation of dental services and forms within the statutory health insurance in Germany.