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Table 3 Investigating the prevalence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth in children in different continents

From: Dental caries in primary and permanent teeth in children’s worldwide, 1995 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tooth type

continents

Number of articles

Sample Size

I2

Egger Test

Prevalence %

Caries in primary teeth

Asia

50

54,680

99.3

0.756

52.6 (95% CI: 46.7–58.5)

Europe

10

9977

98.4

0.152

21.4 (95% CI: 15.3–29.1)

America

14

6825

98.7

0.742

45.8 (95% CI: 34.2–58)

Africa

5

3004

95.5

0.220

53.1 (95% CI: 44.3–61.7)

Australia

3

6472

98.3

0.296

28.5 (95% CI: 20.3–38.5)

Permanent dental caries

Asia

50

1,334,133

99.8

0.284

58.8 (95% CI: 53.4–64)

Europe

22

115,141

99.8

0.175

44.1 (95% CI: 36.1–52.5)

America

7

5009

98.2

0.763

48.9 (95% CI: 37.6–60.3)

Africa

5

2794

99.3

0.220

58.9 (95% CI: 29.4–83.1)

Australia

1

612

54.9 (95% CI: 50.9–58.8)