Limited quality evidence suggests children and adolescents with down syndrome have lower prevalence of dental caries compared to non-syndromic children.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Silva MCPMD, Lyra MCA, Almeida HCR, Alencar Filho AV, Heimer MV, Rosenblatt A. Caries experience in children and adolescents with Down Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Oral Biol. 2020 Jul;115:104,715. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2020.104715. Epub 2020 Apr 8. PMID: 32,422,361.

Source Of Funding: The Hungarian Human Resources Development Operational Program, the Higher Education Excellence Program of the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities to the Therapy Research Module of Semmelweis University, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund and the Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme Grant.

Type Of Study/design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.