Do clinical caries-preventive interventions applied to expectant mothers affect caries-related parameters in their children? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess whether caries-preventive clinical interventions targeted exclusively to expectant mothers reduce caries experience or various surrogate parameters associated with caries activity in their children.

Method

Seven databases were searched for randomised clinical trials until November 2024. Studies assessing clinical caries-preventive measures in healthy expectant mothers and comparing them to placebo, other, or no interventions. Outcomes measured in children included caries experience and surrogate parameters (e.g., S. mutans levels), patient-reported, and socioeconomic data. Non-randomized studies as well as, behavioural and educational interventions were excluded. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration's RoB 2 tool.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Abdunabi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12283861 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature