Prevalence of Caries among School Children in Saudi Arabia: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

Author and year	Study location	Age group	Gender	Sample size	Dental caries measurement	Prevalence of dental caries
Al‐Tamimi, S., 1998	Medina	6, 12	Both	480	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 87%; Permanent teeth 83%
Bhayat, A., 2014	Medina	12	Male	360	DMFT	Primary teeth 57.2%
Mahrous, M. S., 2016	Medina	6, 12	Both	316	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 86%; Permanent teeth 67.6%
Abolfotouh, M. A., 2000	Abha	6, 12	Male	959	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 93.3%; Permanent teeth 49.5%
Alkhunaizi, Y. M., 2018	Dhahran, Al-Khobar	6, 12, 15	Female	895	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 73%; Permanent teeth 82%
Farooqi, F. A., 2015	Dammam	6, 7, 12	Both	711	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 77.8%; Permanent teeth 68%
Khan, N. B., 2001	Al-ahsa	6–7	Both	457	dmft	Primary teeth 82.9%
Alamoudi, N., 1996	Jeddah	6, 7	Not reported	571	dmft	Primary teeth 73.5%
Qutob, A. (2009)	Jeddah	6, 12	Both	800	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 91%; Permanent teeth 71.7%
Gandeh, M. B. S., (2000)	Jeddah	6–7	Both	39,296	dmft	Primary teeth 83.4%
Alkarimi, H. A., 2014	Jeddah	Mean age 6.8	Both	417	dmft	Primary teeth 87.1%
Al-rafee, M. A., 2019	Riyadh region	6, 12, 15	Both	1986	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 85.77% Permanent teeth 64.98%
Aldosari, A. M., 2004	Riyadh and qaseem	6–7 and 12–13	Both	1104	DMFT + dmft	Primary teeth 91.2%; Permanent teeth 90.5%
Alamri, A. A., 2017	Riyadh	6	Male	672	dmft	Primary teeth 76.4%
Alshiha, S. A., 2017	Riyadh	6–7	Female	6183	dmft	Primary teeth 85.5%
Alhabdan, Y. A., 2018	Riyadh	Mean age 6.92	Male	578	dmft	Primary teeth 83%
Paul, T. R. 2003	Al-kharj	5	Both	103	dmft	Primary teeth 83.5%
Al‐Shammery, A. R., 1999	Saudi Arabia	12–13	Both	1873	DMFT	Rural areas were 67%; Urban areas were 74%