Caries preventive measures: Meta-summary (original) (raw)

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the factors that drive dentists towards or away from dental caries preventive measures. Method: The PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Scielo, Scopus, Web of Science, BBO, Lilacs and York databases were searched. Reference lists and citations of the selected studies were also searched. Two reviewers independently assessed titles, abstracts and full texts to determine study eligibility. Publications meeting the inclusion criteria were assessed for quality, and the data were extracted. Descriptive analysis of included publications was conducted, and themes were created to permit analysis by grouping relevant findings, from which effect size frequency (ESF) and effect size intensity (ESI) were calculated. Result: The search yielded 18,276 titles and abstracts, of which seven qualitative studies and 41 surveys (36,632 participants) remained after data extraction and interpretation. The main themes identified by their ESF were biologicism (27%), low pay for...

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