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Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda?
Foláyan, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn; Amalia, Rosa; Kemoli, Arthur; Sun, Ivy Guofang; Duangthip, Duangporn; Abodunrin, Olunike; Virtanen, Jorma I.; Masumo, Ray M.; Vukovic, Ana; Al-Batayneh, Ola B.; Mfolo, Tshepiso; Schroth, Robert J.; Tantawi, Maha El
BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health challenge that requires innovation, infrastructure,
and health system influences to bolster initiatives for its management and control. The aim of this scoping review
was to investigate the published evidence on the association between ECC and the targets of the Sustainable
Development Goal 9 (SDG9) concerned with industry, innovation, and infrastructure development.
METHODS: The scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. A search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and
Scopus between July and August 2023 using a search strategy related to the promotion of resilient infrastructure,
sustainable industries, scientific research and innovation, access to the internet and ECC. Only English language
publications were included. Studies that solely examined ECC without reference to the SDG9 targets were excluded.
RESULTS: The search yielded 933 studies for review. After screening for the eligibility and removing duplicates,
916 unique articles remained for further screening. However, none of the identified studies provided data on the
association between resilient infrastructure, sustainable industries, scientific research and innovation, access to the
internet and ECC.
CONCLUSION :There were no primary studies that assessed the association between ECC and SDG9, even though the
plausibility of a potential relationship exists. Future studies are needed to generate evidence on the link between ECC
and SDG9 as this link may contribute to the reduction in the proportion of children with untreated ECC.
Description:
SUPPORTING INFORMATION: FILE S1: Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.
org/10.1186/s12903-024-04552-8.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The datasets used and/or analysed for the study are publicly accessible.