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Socio‐behavioural aspects in the prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases at an individual and population level
Author(s) -
Sälzer Sonja,
Alkilzy Mohammad,
Slot Dagmar E.,
Dörfer Christof E.,
Schmoeckel Julian,
Splieth Christian H.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/jcpe.12673
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , dentistry , meta analysis , population , systematic review , medline , evidence based dentistry , root caries , environmental health , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology , political science , law
Aim Aim was to systematically review behavioural aspects in the prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases at individual and population level. Material & Methods With regard to caries, MEDLINE /PubMed was searched on three subheadings focusing on early childhood, proximal and root caries. For periodontal diseases, a meta‐review on systematic reviews was performed; thus, the search strategy included specific interventions to change behaviour in order to perform a meta‐review on systematic reviews. After extraction of data and conclusions, the potential risk of bias was estimated and the emerging evidence was graded. Results Regarding early childhood, proximal and root caries, 28, 6 and 0 papers, respectively, could be included, which predominantly reported on cohort studies. Regarding periodontal diseases, five systematic reviews were included. High evidence of mostly high magnitude was retrieved for behavioural interventions in early childhood caries ( ECC ), weak evidence for a small effect in proximal caries and an unclear effect of specific informational/motivational programmes on prevention of periodontal diseases and no evidence of root caries. Conclusion Early childhood caries can be successfully prevented by population‐based preventive programmes via aiming at the change in behaviour. The effect of individual specific motivational/informational interventions has not yet been clearly demonstrated neither for the prevention of caries nor for periodontal diseases.