Secondary Smoking and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to systematically review the relationship between secondary smoking and early childhood caries (ECC) among preschool children.

Method

Two independent reviewers systematically searched English publications with keywords in PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, Scopus, and Embase to identify publications reporting on secondary smoking and ECC for children under 71 months. Observational studies, including cohort studies, case-control studies, and cross-sectional surveys, were included. The reviewers screened the titles and abstracts to remove duplicate records, reviews, and irrelevant studies. They performed meta-analyses to investigate the prevalence of ECC in children exposed to secondary smoking.

Results

This study identified 1243 publications an

SUBMITTER: Luo BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806317 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature