Area-Level Factors of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents in European Neighborhoods - a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The WHO emphasizes the importance of taking area-level factors into account when formulating public health interventions. The aim of this systematic review was to identify which area-level factors are associated with children's dental caries in Europe and might therefore be a suitable starting point for public health interventions. We conducted a systematic review based on a search in PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library including all European studies on caries in children and their area-level factors published since the year 2000 in English or German. We included 39 studies and identified 13 area-level factors investigated in the literature: degree of urbanization, deprivation, mean housing price, gross-national product, mean level of education, unemployment proportion and income,

SUBMITTER: Schulze ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature