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Table 6 Checklist items in the “Dental Caries” theme

From: Reporting stAndards for research in PedIatric Dentistry (RAPID): an expert consensus-based statement

Topic

Item number

Checklist items

Reported on page number

Patient information/unit of analysis

1

Include information on the method of reporting dental caries and the criteria used (e.g. DMFT, DEFT, Prevalence rate etc.)

 

2

Include information on age and population specific use of terminologies (e.g. Early Childhood Caries)

 

3

Report classification of clinical and radiographical caries based on a standardized classification system (e.g. ICDAS etc.), where relevant

 

4

Report the unit of analyses (e.g. the child, the tooth). Include information on how the analyses were performed considering possible clustering (e.g. more than one tooth per child, more than one child per school etc.)

 
 

5

Include information on risk factors such as the dietary and oral hygiene practices of the children included in the report, where relevant

 

Intervention/moderators

6

Include information on the method used for caries detection (e.g. Visual, radiographs, laser etc.)

 
 

7

Report the category of risk using a caries risk assessment tool, where relevant

 

8

Report the influence of caries risk on the treatment outcomes, where relevant

 

9

Report individual and tooth-related factors influencing the intervention

 

10

Include information on the rationale for management of dental caries based on standardized management system (e.g. ICCMS etc.), where relevant

 

11

Include information on primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention strategies used in the study, where relevant

 

12

Include information on topical and systemic fluoride intake including water fluoride level, if available

 

13

Report compliance with interventions and quality of self-reported pre-study information (completeness of baseline diet history etc.)