ORAL HEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROGRAM
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| Title |
Dietary Counseling In caries Prevention Ineffective |
| Clinical Question |
Will dietary counseling prevent dental caries? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
Dietary counseling alone will not prevent dental caries. (See Comments on the CAT below) |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 8871028 | Kay/1996 | Unknown | Meta-Analysis | | Key results | Both qualitative and quantitative analysis revealed dental health education had no noticeable effect on dental caries. | |
| Evidence Search |
"Health Education"[Mesh]"Dental Caries"[Mesh] ...view in PubMed |
Comments on
The Evidence |
In the article by Kay, the individual studies used where assessed for validity and 37 papers scored high enough to be included in the meta-analysis. |
| Applicability |
The meta-analysis is applicable to the average patient with dental caries. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(Public Health) (General Dentistry) (Pediatric Dentistry) (Dental Hygiene) |
| Keywords |
Dietary Counseling, Oral Health Promotion, caries prevention
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| ID# |
764 |
| Date of submission: |
04/04/2011 |
| E-mail |
keym@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Meredith Key |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
David Cappelli, DMD, MPH, PhD |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
CAPPELLI@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
post a rationale |
| None available | |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
post a comment |
by Maritza Flores, Hiral Patel, Aida Ghazvini (San Antonio, TX) on 01/09/2014
A Trip database search on “dietary counseling in preventing dental caries” was performed in January 2014. A more recent publication was found: Sundell, 2013, PMID: 23721034 . This RCT on 160 high caries preschool children showed similar results that demonstrated dietary counseling having similar ineffective results in caries prevention despite seven visits with dental hygienists in the two-year study period. | |
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