Evaluating global research trends in special needs dentistry: A systematic bibliometrix analysis

“Our review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta ‐ Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines (Moher et al., 2015).”

“Eligible studies were imported into the biblioshiny web ‐ app for bibliometrix analysis (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017).”

“Categorizations of special needs populations eligible for inclusion were based on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for both adults and children (World Health Organization, 2001, 2007).”

“This mirrors aging and caries being the most prevalent special needs and oral health disease (Benjamin, 2010).”

“…be explained by the progressive understanding of the association between periodontal health and other chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (Chee et al., 2013), rheumatoid arthritis (Bartold et al., 2005), dementia (Noble et al., 2009), and cardiovascular diseases (Beck & Offenbacher, 2001).”

“…be explained by the progressive understanding of the association between periodontal health and other chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (Chee et al., 2013), rheumatoid arthritis (Bartold et al., 2005), dementia (Noble et al., 2009), and cardiovascular diseases (Beck & Offenbacher, 2001).”

“…for the comprehensive analysis on extant research, such as bibliometrics, can help apply statistical methods to the study of bibliographic data (Roy and Basak, 2013) Bibliometrix R Package is one such software that facilitates the importing of data from distinguished bibliographic databases…”

“…be explained by the progressive understanding of the association between periodontal health and other chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (Chee et al., 2013), rheumatoid arthritis (Bartold et al., 2005), dementia (Noble et al., 2009), and cardiovascular diseases (Beck & Offenbacher,…”

“From 1985 to 1997, “ epidemiology ” was the third most frequently occurring keyword, indicating that incidence and distribution studies were a large focus in these years (Jindal, 2013).”

“Additionally, there has been an increasing trend of tooth retention with age (Atanda et al., 2022).”

“Categorizations of special needs populations eligible for inclusion were based on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for both adults and children (World Health Organization, 2001, 2007).”

“The USA demonstrated both the highest number of publications which involved collaboration between multiple countries ( n = 262), as well as no intercountry collaboration ( n = 2348).”

“Improvements in social environments have resulted in the highest life ‐ expectancy and fastest aging society worldwide (Kitagawa et al., 2011).”

“…financial barriers, the assumed intrusions into practice dynamics and the increased complexities to care are often highlighted by general dental clinicians in their reluctance to treat patients with special needs indicating the need for comprehensive research in this field (Derbi & Borromeo, 2016).”

“…recognized the specialty, the specialist workforce still remains few with significant demand for services (Ettinger et al., 2004; Mugayar et al., 2007). into SND is currently limited, and assimilation of a social model approach into the current research may be pragmatic (Scambler & Curtis, 2019).”

“…have formally recognized the specialty, the specialist workforce still remains few with significant demand for services (Ettinger et al., 2004; Mugayar et al., 2007). into SND is currently limited, and assimilation of a social model approach into the current research may be pragmatic…”

“These individuals experience higher levels of oral disease and the greater unmet dental need than the rest of the population, often associated with concerns regarding cooperation, cognitive capacity, and communication (Waldman & Perlman, 2010).”

“…professional organizations have advocated to refine the clinical care provisions for patients with special needs, as well as education, professional development, policies, and research over the past decade; akin to the exponential document growth of the 2010 – 2021 period (Chalrners, 2001).”

“…of Special Care Dentistry and the synonymising of “ special care ” and “ special needs ” cornerstones the rise in publications during the timespan (Ettinger, 2000). in published articles, following the adoption of the SND definition and the scope of practice in the speciality concerns…”

“R Studio Bibliometrix software was used to systematically evaluate and visualize the scientific literature regarding trends, patterns, and studies in the field of cybercrime rate forecasting [52], [53].”