Figure 1
According to the described search strategy, 40 relevant articles were read in full (Figure 1).
Table 1
Results of the reviews by year of publication and described form of the use of F preventive agents (PubMed, 1984-2014).
| First author, year of publication | Review type | W | T | S | M | I | P | V | G | R | D | To | Co |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheiham, 1984 | NR | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Hargreaves, 1990 | NR | • | |||||||||||
| Horowitz, 1990 | NR | • | |||||||||||
| Manji, 1990 | NR | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Lewis, 1994 | NR | • | |||||||||||
| Levy, 1994 | NR | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Johnston, 1994 | NR | • | • | ||||||||||
| O’Mullane, 1994 | NR | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| Bowen, 1995 | NR | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Limeback, 1999 | NR | • | |||||||||||
| Marinho, 2002 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Marinho, 2002 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Marinho, 2003 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Marinho, 2003 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Twetman, 2003 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Warren, 2003 | NR | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| Axelsson, 2004 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Fejerskov, 2004 | NR | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Marinho, 2004 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Marinho, 2004 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Petersson, 2004 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Twetman, 2004 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Yeung, 2005 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Bonner, 2006 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Griffin, 2007 | SR | • | • | ||||||||||
| Pizzo, 2007 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Ismail, 2008 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Kumar, 2008 | NR | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Pessan, 2008 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Espelid, 2009 | SR | • | • | • | |||||||||
| Marinho, 2009 | SR | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Toumba, 2009 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Carvalho, 2010 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Walsh, 2010 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Wong, 2011 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Lam, 2012 | NR | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| Petersen, 2012 | NR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Marinho, 2013 | MA | • | |||||||||||
| Chong, 2014 | SR | • | |||||||||||
| Moyer, 2014 | SR | • | • | • |
Legend: NR - narrative review; SR - systematic review; MA - meta-analysis; W - water fluoridation, T - fluoridated tablets, drops, lozenges; S - fluoridate salt; M - fluoridate milk; I - ingested fluorides in food, drinks or as dental agents; P - toothpaste with fluorides; V - fluoride varnishes; G - fluoride gels; R - fluoride mouthwashes/mouth rinses; D - slow-release fluoride devices; To - topical fluorides in general; Co - combination of various fluoride agents.
Figure 2
The number and substantive set of reviews about the preventive role of fluoride according to the publication date (PubMed, 1984-2014).
Figure 3
The number of reviews on systemic fluorides in the observed periods according to the form of use and publication time (F - fluoride/s).
Figure 4
The number of reviews on topical fluorides in the observed periods, according to the form of use and publication time (F – fluoride/s).
Figure 5
The distribution of the reviews about the preventive role of F according to the observed population group.