Table 3.
Summary of study characteristics and outcome measures.
| Study name | Location | Age | Gender | % Caries | % Dental Free | Caries | Caries prevalence | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhayat and Ahmad (2011) | Almadinah Almunawwarah | 12 | Male | (57.2%) | (42.8%) | Overall: DMFT (1.53) (SD:1.88) Private school: DMFT (1.28) (SD:1.55) Public school: DMFT (1.81) (SD:2.15) | D = 1.30 (SD: 1.82) Private School: D= (0.98) (SD:1.47) Public School: D=(1.65) (SD: 2.10) | 
| AL Agili and Alaki (2013) | Jeddah | 9 year (880) 14 year (775) | Male (875) Female (780) | Age 9 (91.58%) Age 14 (73.42%). | Overall: (16.87%) Age (9): (8.42%) Age (14): (26.58%) | Overall: (83.13%) Age: (9) (91.58%) Age: (14) (73.42%) | Primary teeth: (63%) Permanent teeth: (56.7%) Age 9: untreated decays: (81%) Age 14: untreated decays: (59%) | 
| Al Agili and Park 2013 | Jeddah | 13 to 20 years old | Male (270) | 56% | 44% | DMFT (2.1) (SD: 2.77) | 80% of DMFT is decays | 
| Al Akli et al. (2013) | Jeddah | 5_13 Years | Male (35) Female (25) | Not record | Not record | dmft:(8.96) With asthma dmft: (8.03) Without asthma DMFT: (2.16) With asthma DMFT: (1.96) Without asthma | Not recorded | 
| Alkarimi et al., 2014 | Jeddah | 6 _ 8 years | Male (175) Female (242) | Primary teeth (87.1%) Permanent teeth (4.8%) | Primary teeth 12. % Permanent teeth 95.2% | dmft: (5.7) (SD: 4.2) | (d)= (5.1) (SD:4.1) It is (89.5%) of dmft value | 
| AL Amoudi et al. (2012) | Jeddah | At least 10 moths to 36 months | Not | dmft: (4.08) (SD 3.70) | |||
| Al Dosari et al. (2004) | Riyadh & Qaseem | 6 to 7 years 12–13 years | 91.2% | 8.8% | Riyadh: dmft: (6.53) (SD: 4.3) DMFT: (5.06) (SD:3.65) | Riyadh: d= (5.67) D= (4.65) | |
| Qaseem: dmft: (6.35) (SD: 3.83) DMFT: (4.53) (SD:3.57) | Qaseem: d= (5.28) D= (4.11) | ||||||
| Al Malik and Rehbini, (2006) | Jeddah | 6_7 years | Male (150) Female (150) | 96% | 4% | dmft: (8.06) (SD: 4.04) DMFT: (0.41) (SD:0.86) | d= (6.92) (SD:3.94) D= (0.40) (SD:0.83) | 
| Al Shahrani et al. (2015) | Dammam | 9–11 years | Male (307) | 66.4% | 33.6% | dmft: (5.61) (SD: 3.01) | d = (4) (SD:2.83) | 
| Al-hebshi et al. (2015) | Jazan | 6–12 years | Male (142) Female (128) | 93% | 7% | DMFT: (1.98) (SD: 2.10) | D = (1.89) (SD:2.10) | 
| Al-Jobair et al. (2013) | Riyadh | 4_12 years Orphan | Male (69) Female (21) | 96% | 4% | dmft: (2.90) (SD: 2.51) dmfs:(5.51) (SD:7.36) DMFT: (2.80) (SD:2.12) DMFS: (3.49) (SD:3.31) | The (d) compound from dmfs is d= (3.80) (SD: 4.17). The (D) compound from DMFS is D= (3.18) (SD: 2.70) | 
| 4–12 years Non-orphan | Male (69) Female (21) | 90% | 10% | dmft: (3.23) (SD: 3.20) dmfs: (5.51) (SD:7.36) DMFT: (1.99) (SD: 2.29) DMFS: (1.97) (SD: 2.62) | The (d) compound from dmfs is d = (2.03) (SD:4.13) The (D) compound from DMFS is D = (0.90) (SD: 2.10) | ||
| AlMobeeriek 2012 | Riyadh | 20_50 years | Male (59) Female (41) (Psychological) | Not recorded | Not recorded | DMFT: (13.81) | D=(2.95) (SD: 2.88) | 
| Male 59 Female (25) (Normal) | Not recorded | Not recorded | DMFT: (10.48) | D= (6.21) (SD: 4.87) | |||
| AL-BANYAN et al. (2000) | Riyadh | 5_12 years | Male (154) Female (118) | 99.3% | 0.7% | dmft: (3.8) (SD:3.2) DMFT: (3.8) (SD: 3.2). (Notice there are sub) | Decayed primary teeth (70%) Decayed permanent teeth (41%) | 
| Al Dosari et al. (2011) | Saudi | 6–7 years old 12–13 years old 15–18 years old | Male (6100) Female (6100) | Not recorded | Not recorded | dmft: (2.68–7.07) DMFT: (1.81–4.70) | d primary teeth (86%) D permanent teeth (90%) | 
| Alhammad et al., 2010 | Riyadh | 3 to 6 7 to 9 10 to 12 10 to 12 | Male (82) Female (58) | (98.6%) | 1.4% | DMFS: (18.8) (SD: 16.3). | DS= (10.9) (SD: 7.5) | 
| DMFS: (23.4) (SD:17.7). | DS = (15.4) (SD:12.1) | ||||||
| DMFS: 20.5 SD (14.0). | DS= (12.4) (SD: 9.7) | ||||||
| Al Malik et al. (2001) | Jeddah | 2 to 5 years old | Male (511) Female (476) | 73% | 27% | Over all dmft: (4.8) (SD:4.87) Over all dmfs: (12.67) (SD:15.46) | |
| Age 3: dmft: (3.59) (SD: 4.74) dmfs: (8.64) (SD: 13.59) | |||||||
| Age 4: dmft: (4.82) (SD: 4.89) dmfs: (12.56) (SD: 15.33) | |||||||
| Age 5: dmft (5.09) (SD: 4.85) | |||||||
| AL Qahtani and Wyne (2008) | Riyadh | 6_7 years old 11_12 years old | Female (219) | Age (6_7): dmft: (7.58) (SD: 2.02) Deaf: dmft: (7.35) (SD: 3.82) DMFT: (1.67) (SD: 1.67) Deaf DMFT: (0.87) (SD: 1.25) | (d) = (6.33) (SD: 2.74) (Deaf) (d)= (7.9) (SD: 3.55) (D)= (1.67) (SD:1.67) Deaf (D)= (0.87) (SD: 1.25) | ||
| Age (11_12): dmft: (1.0) (SD: 1.9) DMFT: (5.12) (SD:3.45) Deaf dmft: (2.11) (SD: 2.53) Deaf DMFT: (5.81) (SD: 2.95) | (d)= (1.0) (SD: 1.9) (D)= (3.76) (SD (2.66) Deaf (d)= (1.0) (SD: 2.37) Deaf (D)= (5.16) (SD: 2.62) | ||||||
| Alshammary 1999 | Saudi | 12_13 Years old | Male (937) Female (937) | Rural: 64% | 36% | DMFT: (2.65) (SD: 2.62). | (D)= (2.38) (89.81%) | 
| Urban: 74% | 26% | DMFT: 2.69 SD (2.57). | (D)= (2.41) (89.59%) | ||||
| Amin and Al-Abad 2008 | AL_Hassa | 10 _14 Years old | Male (1115) | 68.9% | 31.1% | Not record | Not record | 
| Atieh (2008) | Dammam | 60 years old | Male (95) Female (65) | NS | NS | DMFT: (20.7) (SD: 5.3) GOHI-ar: (32.1) (SD:122) | Not record | 
| Brown 2009 | Riyadh | 5 Years old | Male (203) Female (183) | Healthy: 84% | 16% | deft: (6.25) (SD: 4.71) | d = 79.3% | 
| Unhealthy: 91.9% | 8.9% | deft: (9.91) (SD: 5.61) | d = 79.5% | ||||
| Fadel et al., 2010 | Riyadh& Jeddah | Mean 38 years old (SD: 15) | Male (76) Female (36) | NS | NS | RDT: (0.6) (SD: 2) | D = (5) (SD: 4) | 
| Farooqi et al., 2015 | Dammam | 6–9 years | Male (406) | 77.8% | 22.2% | dmft: (3.66) (SD: 3.17) | (d)= (3.28) (SD: 2.92) | 
| 10–12 years old | 68%. | 32% | DMFT: (1.94) (SD: 2.0) | (D)= (1.76) (SD:1.85) | |||
| Farsi 2008 | Jeddah | 6–11 years old | Male (179) Female (133) | 99.04% | 0.96% | DMFT: (2.93) (SD:2.29) | |
| 12–17 years old | DMFT: (6.83) (SD: 4.63) | ||||||
| 18–40 years old | DMFT: (12.51) (SD: 5.45) | ||||||
| Farsi 2010 | Jeddah | 4 years old | Male (204) Female (306) | dmft: (3.73) | |||
| 5 years old | dmft: (4.13) | ||||||
| Gandeh and Milaat(2000) | Jeddah | Male (39,206) Female (43,044) | 83% | 17% | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| Mannaa et al. (2013) | Jeddah | 4_6 years old | dmft: (9.0) (SD: 5.0) | (d)= (8.0) (SD: 5.1) | |||
| 12_14 years old | DMFT: 5.8 SD (4.1) | (D)= (4.5) (SD: 3.7) | |||||
| 37 years old (SD: 4.5) | DMFT: 12.4 SD (5.3) | (D)= (5.5) (SD: 3.9) | |||||
| Mardard 2009 | Jeddah | >18 years old | Male (100) Female (100) | DMFS (Endo): (48.7) (SD: 21.8) | (D)= (5) (SD: 5.7) | ||
| DMFS (non-endo): (33.6) (SD: 22.5) | (D)= (7.5) (SD: 9.8) | ||||||
| Paul 2003 | Al Kharj (Riyadh) | 5 years old | Male (53) Female (50) | 83.5% | 16.5% | dmft: (7.1) | 82% (d) = 5.8 (SD 5.0) | 
| Quadri et al. (2015) | Jazan | 6–15 years old | Male (520) Female (333) | 91.3% | 8,7% | Not recorded | Not recorded | 
| Wyne et al., 2003 | Riyadh | 7–11 years old | 94.4% | 5.6% | dmft: (6.3) (SD: 3.5) | (d)= (4.9) (SD: 3.1) (78%) | |
| DMFT: (1.6) (SD: 1.5) | (D) = (1.5) (SD: 1.4) (93%) | ||||||
| Wyne 2004 | Central area | 12–13 years old | Male (723) Female (684) | 90.5%. | 9.50% | ||
| 15–19 years old | 90.90% | 9.10% | |||||
| Wyne 2008 | Riyadh | 3–5 years old | Male (379) Female (410) | 74.8% | 25.2% | dmft: (6.1) (SD: 3.9) | (d)= (4.66) | 
| Wyne et al., 2002 | Riyadh | 55 moths old (SD: 20.0) | Male (34) Female (40) | 100% | 0% | ||
| Wyne et al., 2002 | Al-Hassa | 2–5 years old | Male (164) Female (158) | 62.7% | 37.3% | dmft: (2.92) (SD: 3.51) | (d)= (2.62) (SD:3.36) | 
| Wyne et al., 2001 | Riyadh | 2–6 years old | Male (571) Female (445) | 27.3% | 72.7% | Overall: dmft (8.6) (SD: 3.4) | For all (d) = (7.6) (SD: 3.5) 83.6% | 
| Age 2: dmft (6.7) (SD: 4.7) | |||||||
| Age 3: dmft:(6.9) (SD: 3.7) | |||||||
| Age 4: dmft: (8.5) (SD: 3.3) | |||||||
| Age 5: dmft: (9.2) (SD: 3.3) | |||||||
| Age 6: dmft: (9.3) (SD: 2.3) | |||||||
| Wyne et al., 2001 | Qaseem | 4–10 years old | Male (106) Female (47) | Mean aged 4.0 SD (1.4) 21.8% | 79.2% | DMFT: (0.91) (SD: 2.42) | |
| Mean aged (9.7 SD (2.9) 19.7% | 81.3% | DMFT: (0.74) (SD: 1.48) | |||||
| Mansour et al., 2000 | Riyadh | 6_7 years old | Female (200) | Public school 92.9% | 7.1% | dmft: (6.0) (SD: 3.7) | (d)= (4.8) (SD: 3.6) | 
| Military schools 97% | 3% | dmft: (8.1) (SD: 4.1) | (d)= (6.3) (SD: 4.2) | ||||
| Al Janakh 2016 | Hail | 16 to 18 years old | Male | 79% | 21% | DMFT: (3.49) (SD: 2.78) | (D)= (2.68) (SD 2.27) | 
| Al Otaibi et al., 201755 | Riyadh | 5–6 years old | Male (127) Female (97) | 72.8% | 27.2% | dmft: (3.96) (SD: 3.85) | (d)= (3.22) (SD 3.55) | 
| Al Shahrani et al., 2018 | Asir | 15 to 17 years old | Male (3411) | 72.9% | 27.1% | DMFT: (4.3) (SD: 5.59) | (D)= (3.1) (SD 3.34) | 
| Al-Meedni and Al-Dlaigan 2016 | Riyadh | 3 to 5 years old | Male (184) Female (204) | 69% | 31% | dmft: (3.4) (SD: 3.6) | |
| Alghamdi and Almahdy 2017 | Riyadh | 14 to 16 years old | Male (610) | 54.1% | 45.9% | DMFT: (1.26) | (d)= (4.66) | 
| Alhadban et al., 2018 | Riyadh | 6 to 8 years old | Male (578) | 83% | 17% | dmft: (4.3) (SD: 2.96) | |
| Al Amri et al., 2017 | Riyadh | 3 to 5 years old | Male (1571) | 80% | 20% | dmft: (4.30) | (d) = (3.15) | 
| Al Osaimi et al., 2017 | Riyadh | 3 to 5 years old | Male (255) Female (275) | 85.5% | 14.5% | dmft: (5.54) (SD: 3.49) | Not recorded | 
| Al Zahidy 2017 | Jeddah | 12 to 14 years old | Male (1123) Female (990) | 89.2% | 10.8% | Not recorded | Not recorded | 
| AL-Otsibi et al., 2016 | Qassem | 6 to 12 years old | Male (121) | 57% | 43% | Not recorded | Not recorded |