Economic evaluation of dental caries prevention: a systematic review

Authors

  • Carina Källestål 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Anders Norlund 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Birgitta Söder 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Gunilla Nordenram 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Helena Dahlgren 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Lars G. Petersson 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Folke Lagerlöf 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Susanna Axelsson 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Peter Lingström 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Ingegerd Mejàre 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Anna‐Karin Holm 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Svante Twetman 1 National Institute of Public Health, Stockhom, Sweden; The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden; Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg Univeristy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden; Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden; Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00016350310007815

Keywords:

Caries, economic evaluation, prevention, review

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to perform a systematic review of economic evaluations of caries prevention. A search in Medline from 1966 until May 2003 and a manual search in a number of journals identified 154 references, 74 of which were included. There were 17 original studies including an economic evaluation, and these form the basis of the present article. The rest were reviews, model studies and reports concerning economic practice in dentistry. The results show that the reviewed original studies on economic evaluation of caries prevention do not provide support for the economic value of caries prevention. The scarcity of well‐conducted studies, as well as contradictory evidence in the reviewed articles, makes it difficult to judge the health‐economic effect of the studied caries‐prevention methods.

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Published

2003-01-01

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 6 (2003): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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