Nath, S.Sethi, S.Bastos, J.L.Constante, H.M.Kapellas, K.Haag, D.Jamieson, L.M.2025-07-082025-07-082022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022; 19(3):1390-1-1390-121660-46011660-4601https://hdl.handle.net/2440/145747Though current evidence suggests that racial–ethnic inequities in dental caries persist over time and across space, their magnitude is currently unknown from a global perspective. This systematic review aims to quantify the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries and to deconstruct the different taxonomies/concepts/methods used for racial/ethnic categorization across different populations/nations. This review has been registered in PROSPERO; CRD42021282771. An electronic search of all relevant databases will be conducted until December 2021 for both published and unpublished literature. Studies will be eligible if they include data on the prevalence or severity of dental caries assessed by the decayed, missing, filled teeth index (DMFT), according to indicators of race-ethnicity. A narrative synthesis of included studies and a random-effects meta-analysis will be conducted. Forest plots will be constructed to assess the difference in effect size for the occurrence of dental caries. Study quality will be determined via the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale and the GRADE approach will be used for assessing the quality of evidence. This systematic review will enhance knowledge of the magnitude of racial/ethnic inequities in dental caries globally by providing important benchmark data on which to base interventions to mitigate the problem and to visualize the effects of racism on oral health.en© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).cultural; dental caries; ethnicity; inequalities; minority; oral health; raceHumansDental CariesDMF IndexPrevalenceOral HealthMeta-Analysis as TopicHealth Status DisparitiesSystematic Reviews as TopicEthnicityJournal article10.3390/ijerph190313902024-02-04599684Nath, S. [0000-0001-8714-7264]Sethi, S. [0000-0002-3571-5298]Kapellas, K. [0000-0002-3761-9953]Haag, D. [0000-0001-6722-6635]Jamieson, L.M. [0000-0001-9839-9280]