Table 2 Table of excluded studies
From: Prevalence of early childhood caries in South Africa: a systematic review
Title | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
Caries and dental hygiene [50] | Review |
Caries and micronutrient intake among urban South African children: a cohort study [51] | No dmft/prevalence stated |
Dental caries at five and twelve years in a South African Indian community: a longitudinal study [52] | No dmft/prevalence stated |
Dental caries in Black preschool children in Cape Town [53] | No sd for dmft and prevalence data was pooled for 4–7 year olds |
Dietary intakes and caries experience in children in Limpopo Province, South Africa. [54] | Wrong population |
Epidemiological profile of patients utilising public oral health services in Limpopo province, South Africa [55] | Data was pooled for age 6–10 |
Occlusal and oral health status of a group of 3–8-year-old South African black children. [56] | Combined data |
Oral health status, knowledge, attitude and behaviour of Riverlea Primary School children [57] | No dmft data and prevalences were pooled |
Oral health in South Africa [58] | Review |
Patterns of breast and bottle feeding and their association with dental caries in 1- to 4-year-old South African children 2. A case control study of children with nursing caries [59] | Not primary data |
Prevalence of dental caries in !Kung Bushmen of Bushmanland [60] | Pooled prevalence data |
Prevalence of dental caries in preschool and primary school children in Mamre [61] | Wrong outcome |
Priority health problems of children in an urban community [62] | No dental data |
Socio-demographic correlates of early childhood caries prevalence and severity in a developing country—South Africa [63] | Not primary data |
The impact or urbanisation on the health of black pre-school children in the Umtata district, Transkei, 1990 [64] | No dental data |
The prevalence of oral pathoses in a private dental practice: a 30Â month survey. (Bernitz et al. 1998) [65] | Wrong outcome |
The relationship between the intake frequency and the total consumption of sucrose among four South African ethnic groups [66] | No dental data |
Trends in dental caries prevalence, severity and unmet treatment need levels in South Africa between 1983 and 2002 [67] | Not a primary study |
Trends in sugar intake: do these parallel changes in caries prevalence among S. African preschoolchildren? [68] | Review |
Urbanisation and cariogenic food habits among 4–24-month-old black South African children in rural and urban areas [69] | No dental data |
Dental caries in six, 12 and 15Â year old Venda children in South Africa [70] | Wrong population |
Dental status of rural school children in a sub-optimal fluoride area [71] | Wrong population |
The burden of dental caries in the Western Cape and a recommended turn-around strategy [9] | Wrong population |
The effect of socio-economic status on dental caries experience in 6, 12 and 15Â year-old school children in Port Elizabeth and Despatch [72] | Wrong population |