Dental Caries Prevalence in Nigeria by Dentition and Setting, 2001-2023

A 2023 meta-analysis of 52 studies published between January 2001 and December 2023 on dental caries prevalence in Nigeria. The dataset, created by Folahanmi Tomiwa Akinsolu, includes extracted study characteristics and pooled prevalence estimates for primary, mixed, and permanent dentition across urban, rural, and semi-urban settings.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geographic disparities in dental caries based on study location data mentioned in the description
• Comparing prevalence rates across different dentition types (primary, mixed, permanent) based on the reported meta-analysis results
• Investigating the relationship between urbanization and oral health outcomes based on the rural, semi-urban, and urban setting classifications

Strengths

• Includes data from 52 studies identified through a systematic search of 5 major databases and Google Scholar
• Provides pooled prevalence estimates with 95% confidence intervals for multiple demographic and geographic subgroups
• Registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022362019) and conducted according to PRISMA guidelines, suggesting a structured methodology

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Substantial heterogeneity (I² > 95%) was observed across the included studies, indicating diverse epidemiological contexts

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, and Google Scholar.

Time Range

2001-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:40:17; freshness should be verified

Geography

Nigeria