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Table 5.2 Caries prediction in pre-school children.<br />

Studies with low quality and relevance.<br />

Author<br />

Year,<br />

reference<br />

Country<br />

Sample, n<br />

Age (yrs)<br />

at start<br />

Teeth<br />

tested<br />

Caries<br />

prevalence<br />

at<br />

start<br />

Obs<br />

time<br />

(yrs)<br />

Dropout<br />

(%)<br />

Explained<br />

Diagnostic<br />

criteria<br />

Examiner<br />

(n)<br />

Reliability<br />

Alaluusua<br />

et al<br />

1994 [20]<br />

Finland<br />

Convenience<br />

sample: mothers<br />

attending<br />

a public dental<br />

clinic in a small<br />

urban town,<br />

Orimattila<br />

n: 92<br />

Age: 1.5<br />

Primary<br />

8% had<br />

≥1 initial<br />

caries<br />

lesion<br />

1.5 22 Own 1 examiner<br />

No<br />

Ekman<br />

1990 [64]<br />

Sweden<br />

All Finnish<br />

children in<br />

Luleå born in<br />

1974–1975<br />

n: 70<br />

Age: 5<br />

Primary<br />

dmfs: 9.1<br />

3 30 Koch<br />

1967<br />

BW<br />

1 examiner<br />

Yes<br />

Holbrook<br />

et al<br />

1993 [22]<br />

Iceland<br />

10% of target<br />

population in<br />

Reykjavik<br />

n: 158<br />

Age: 4<br />

Primary<br />

and permanent<br />

dft: 2.4<br />

dfs: 3.3<br />

2 30 (between<br />

4<br />

and 6)<br />

Not analysed<br />

+55%<br />

intentionto-treat<br />

Möller &<br />

Poulsen<br />

1973<br />

No BW<br />

2 examiners<br />

Yes<br />

230<br />

Karies – diagnostik, riskbedömning och icke-invasiv behandling

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