About the Authors

Ingegerd A. Mejàre

ingegerd.mejare@sbu.se

Affiliation Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden

Gunilla Klingberg

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

Frida K. Mowafi

Affiliation Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden

Christina Stecksén-Blicks

Affiliation Department of Odontology, Section for Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Svante H. A. Twetman

Affiliation Department of Odontology, Section for Cariology, Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sofia H. Tranæus

Affiliation Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Responsible for literature search and for handling and distributing abstracts and full-text articles to other authors: FM. Took part in designing the systematic review: IM GK FM CSB S. Twetman S. Tranæus. Analyzed the data (work load equally distributed): IM GK CSB S. Twetman S. Tranæus. Developed tool for analyzing the data (criteria for high, moderate and low risk of bias): IM GK FM CSB S. Twetman S. Tranæus. Wrote first draft: S. Twetman. Wrote subsequent and final drafts: IM. Gave response and criticized drafts: GK FM CSB S. Twetman S. Tranæus. Produced table content: IM GK FM CSB S. Twetman S. Tranæus. Final layout: IM.