Pentapati Kalyana Chakravarthy, Siddiq Hanan, Yeturu Sravan Kumar
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Amrita Viswavidya Peetham, Kochi, India.
Saudi Dent J. 2019 Jan;31(1):3-15. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2018.11.008. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
To evaluate the pooled prevalence of root caries through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
A keyword search was done in Scopus, Pubmed and CINAHL databases using all the synonyms of root caries in the published literature (till January 1st, 2018). The search was supplemented with standard Boolean operators and other keywords like prevalence, epidemiology in the title, abstract and MeSH terms. Data was extracted and exported to Covidence software for screening and removal of duplicates.
The search revealed a total of 492 documents from Scopus (n = 95), Pubmed (n = 220) and CINAHL (n = 177). Random effects model was used as there was a high degree of heterogeneity was seen among the studies published (I = 99.62%). A total of 74 publications were included in the analysis of the pooled prevalence of root caries which yielded a prevalence of 41.5 (36.9-46.1).
Root caries is a significant problem, and four out of ten adults might be affected.
通过系统评价和荟萃分析评估根面龋的合并患病率。
在Scopus、Pubmed和CINAHL数据库中进行关键词搜索,使用已发表文献中根面龋的所有同义词(截至2018年1月1日)。搜索辅以标准布尔运算符以及标题、摘要和医学主题词中的其他关键词,如患病率、流行病学。提取数据并导出到Covidence软件进行筛选和去除重复项。
搜索共发现来自Scopus(n = 95)、Pubmed(n = 220)和CINAHL(n = 177)的492篇文献。由于发表的研究之间存在高度异质性(I = 99.62%),因此使用随机效应模型。共有74篇出版物纳入根面龋合并患病率分析,得出患病率为41.5(36.9 - 46.1)。
根面龋是一个重大问题,十分之四的成年人可能会受到影响。