Is caries prevalence site-specific in cleft lip and palate patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous systematic reviews indicate that there is an increased prevalence of caries in cleft patients in comparison to their healthy control group. To date, the prevalence of caries between unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) and bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) has not been quantitatively evaluated. This review aims to include published studies that examined caries prevalence in patients with UCLP and BCLP to find out whether a quantitative difference exists in caries experience among them.

Materials and methods

Medline/PubMed, Scopus, and EBSCOhost databases were searched from inception to November 2021. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO registration no. CRD2021292425. Prevalence-based studies that evaluated caries experience using the decayed-m

SUBMITTER: Gupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10680076 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature