Oral health and school performance in a group of schoolchildren from the Federal District, Brazil.

Objectives: To evaluate whether an association exists between school performance, quality of life, dental caries, and dental pain in children between 6 and 8 years of age.

Methods: All 6- to 8-year-old children enrolled in the second year of the six public schools in Paranoá-FD were invited to participate in this cross-sectional study. In total, 374 consented.

Oral Health and Its Effect on the Academic Performance of Children and Adolescents.

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to verify whether child and adolescent oral health affected academic performance.

Methods: A literature search conducted in March 2017 on PubMed, Lilacs, Web of Science, and Scopus databases identified 2,009 papers, six of which were included in the final review. Quality appraisal and risk of bias were evaluated using the quality assessment tool for observational cohort and cross-sectional studies.