Prevalence of dental anxiety in children and adolescents globally: A systematic review with meta-analyses.

Background: Dental anxiety (DA) negatively impacts oral health-related quality of life, and patients with DA usually require more dental treatment time.

Aim: To describe the global prevalence of DA in children and adolescents and to examine the influence of individual factors (age, sex, and caries experience) and variables related to DA measurement on pooled prevalence.

Design: Systematic review with meta-analyses of observational studies published between 1985 and 2020 (PROSPERO CRD42014013879).

Children's Toothbrushing Practices Recommended on the Internet by Pediatric Dentistry Associations.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe online recommendations by North and South American National Associations of Pediatric Dentistry (NAPD), intended for laypersons, concerning children's toothbrushing practices.

Methods: In February 2015, the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry (IAPD) website and the Latin American Association of Pediatric Dentistry (ALOP) Facebook webpage were searched to identify which countries had NAPD. Attempts were made to obtain the electronic addresses of ALOP national member societies, and Google and Facebook were used to identify NAPD not found using the previous strategies.