Developing clinical practice guidelines for caries prevention and management for pre-school children through the ADAPTE process and Delphi consensus

Table 1 The six AGREE II domain scores and overall assessment scores of the 11 retrieved guidelines

Retrieved guidelines	Scaled domain score
Retrieved guidelines	Domain 1	Domain 2	Domain 3	Domain 4	Domain 5	Domain 6	Overall
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, 2005 [18]	72.22	69.44	59.38	63.89	61.46	54.17	66.67
American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs, 2006 [33]	63.89	56.94	53.13	68.06	47.92	64.58	58.33
Ramos-Gomez et al., 2007 [34]	72.22	58.33	43.23	61.11	50.00	35.42	54.17
Irish Oral Health Services Guideline Initiative, 2008 [22]	93.06	77.78	80.73	81.94	67.71	64.58	83.33
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU), 2008 [35]	65.28	51.39	53.13	56.94	50.00	37.50	54.17
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, 2009 [36]	59.72	36.11	30.73	47.22	36.46	43.75	45.83
Irish Oral Health Services Guideline Initiative, 2009 [19]	91.67	65.28	79.69	79.17	63.54	72.92	79.17
Scottish Dental Effectiveness Programme, 2010 [21]	76.39	69.44	60.94	72.22	65.63	66.67	70.83
Ramos-Gomez et al., 2010 [37]	68.06	55.56	47.40	59.72	54.17	43.75	54.17
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, 2011 [20]	76.39	66.67	56.77	66.67	52.08	41.67	62.50
Ramos-Gomez and Ng, 2011 [23]	72.22	63.89	58.33	62.50	51.04	39.58	54.17

Domain 1 – Scope & Purpose; Domain 2 – Stakeholder Involvement; Domain 3 – Rigour of Development; Domain 4 – Clarity of Presentation; Domain 5 – Applicability; Domain 6 – Editorial Independence; Overall – Overall assessment

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