Dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia

Aim: In order to improve the understanding of dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia and have a good idea of the quality of the studies that have been conducted, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of dental fluorosis among people who live in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Onli...

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Autores principales:	Falah R Alshammari, Marwan Aljohani, Lubomir Botev, Lucy O'malley, Anne.Marie Glenny
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Dental fluorosis Water fluoridation Saudi Arabia Medicine R Dentistry RK1-715
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e0cb91cc020e42ea8bc99a88fa584dfd2021-11-10T04:20:38ZDental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia1013-905210.1016/j.sdentj.2021.03.007https://doaj.org/article/e0cb91cc020e42ea8bc99a88fa584dfd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013905221000341https://doaj.org/toc/1013-9052Aim: In order to improve the understanding of dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia and have a good idea of the quality of the studies that have been conducted, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of dental fluorosis among people who live in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Online databases EMBASE and MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library were searched, without any restriction regarding age. In addition, there were no study design filters applied to the search engine. Study selection and data extraction were conducted in duplicate. Studies were included if they were conducted in Saudi Arabia on any population (adults and children) and collected dental fluorosis data. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the studies. A narrative synthesis was conducted. Results: Seven cross-sectional studies were identified. Areas of weakness in study design/conduct were low response rates, and identification and handling of confounding factors. Statistical pooling of data was not appropriate due to substantial heterogeneity, due in part to variation in sample size, variation of water fluoridation concentration, index used, targeted population and age group. Seven studies present dental fluorosis at any level. The proportion of dental fluorosis prevalence at any level ranged from 0.00 to 0.91. Six studies explored the prevalence of dental fluorosis of aesthetic-only level of concern. The proportion of dental fluorosis in this category ranged from 0.07 to 0.76. Conclusion: The proportion of dental fluorosis at any level ranged from 0.00 to 0.91 and fluorosis at aesthetics level ranged from 0.07 to 0.76. However, current data does not provide a complete assessment of dental fluorosis across Saudi Arabia. Existing studies are limited in terms of the population covered. The included studies had methodological flaws.Falah R AlshammariMarwan AljohaniLubomir BotevLucy O'malleyAnne.Marie GlennyElsevierarticleDental fluorosisWater fluoridationSaudi ArabiaMedicineRDentistryRK1-715ENSaudi Dental Journal, Vol 33, Iss 7, Pp 404-412 (2021)
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description	Aim: In order to improve the understanding of dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia and have a good idea of the quality of the studies that have been conducted, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of dental fluorosis among people who live in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Online databases EMBASE and MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library were searched, without any restriction regarding age. In addition, there were no study design filters applied to the search engine. Study selection and data extraction were conducted in duplicate. Studies were included if they were conducted in Saudi Arabia on any population (adults and children) and collected dental fluorosis data. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the studies. A narrative synthesis was conducted. Results: Seven cross-sectional studies were identified. Areas of weakness in study design/conduct were low response rates, and identification and handling of confounding factors. Statistical pooling of data was not appropriate due to substantial heterogeneity, due in part to variation in sample size, variation of water fluoridation concentration, index used, targeted population and age group. Seven studies present dental fluorosis at any level. The proportion of dental fluorosis prevalence at any level ranged from 0.00 to 0.91. Six studies explored the prevalence of dental fluorosis of aesthetic-only level of concern. The proportion of dental fluorosis in this category ranged from 0.07 to 0.76. Conclusion: The proportion of dental fluorosis at any level ranged from 0.00 to 0.91 and fluorosis at aesthetics level ranged from 0.07 to 0.76. However, current data does not provide a complete assessment of dental fluorosis across Saudi Arabia. Existing studies are limited in terms of the population covered. The included studies had methodological flaws.
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author	Falah R Alshammari Marwan Aljohani Lubomir Botev Lucy O'malley Anne.Marie Glenny
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title	Dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia
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Dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia

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