Moyses SJ Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Dental Caries, Dental Health , Dentistry
Federal University of Parana, Rua Padre Camargo, Alto da Gloria, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Dr. Samuel Jorge Moysés, working in the Graduate Program in Dentistry, in Dentistry Department, School of Life Sciences in the University of Parana. Samuel Jorge Moysés areas of expertise include Dental Caries, Dental Health etc.,
Review Article Open Access
Author(s): Reifur KD*, De Oliveira Piorunneck CM and Moyses SJ
Objective: To systematically review the prevalence and the need for treatment of dental caries in adolescents. Materials and methods: References consulted: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, SCOPUS, Web of Science, BVS-BIREME and Google scholar, in the period between July 2016 and September 2016. Titles and abstracts were evaluated according to criteria of inclusion and exclusion. The selected manuscripts had their methodological quality evaluated.
Results: From a total of 877 studies, 11 articles were included in the review after the application of the methodological filters. The cross-sectional study was the most used design in the articles. Brazil stands out as the country with more published studies on this subject. The prevalence ranged from... view moreĀ»