Dental caries and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the association between dental caries and preterm birth (PTB). The secondary objective was ascertaining the difference between women with dental caries who experienced PTB and those who did not with regard to decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT), and decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) indices.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Cochrane databases were searched initially in November 2015 and repeated in December 2016. We included observational cohort and case-control studies. Only studies reporting the risk of PTB in women affected compared with those not affected by dental caries in pregnancy were included. Random-effect meta-analyses were used to compute the summary OR of PTB among wome

SUBMITTER: Wagle M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855295 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature