A Global Perspective of Racial–Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries: Protocol of Systematic Review

Sonia Nath, Sneha Sethi, João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Kostas Kapellas, Dandara Haag and Lisa M. Jamieson
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Sonia Nath: Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Sneha Sethi: Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
João L. Bastos: Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil
Helena M. Constante: Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil
Kostas Kapellas: Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Dandara Haag: Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Lisa M. Jamieson: Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: Though current evidence suggests that racial–ethnic inequities in dental caries persist over time and across space, their magnitude is currently unknown from a global perspective. This systematic review aims to quantify the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries and to deconstruct the different taxonomies/concepts/methods used for racial/ethnic categorization across different populations/nations. This review has been registered in PROSPERO; CRD42021282771. An electronic search of all relevant databases will be conducted until December 2021 for both published and unpublished literature. Studies will be eligible if they include data on the prevalence or severity of dental caries assessed by the decayed, missing, filled teeth index (DMFT), according to indicators of race-ethnicity. A narrative synthesis of included studies and a random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted. Forest plots will be constructed to assess the difference in effect size for the occurrence of dental caries. Study quality will be determined via the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale and the GRADE approach will be used for assessing the quality of evidence. This systematic review will enhance knowledge of the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries globally by providing important benchmark data on which to base interventions to mitigate the problem and to visualize the effects of racism on oral health.

Keywords: cultural; dental caries; ethnicity; inequalities; minority; oral health; race (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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