Critical appraisal of systematic reviews on the effect of a history of periodontitis on dental implant loss

Abstract

Much methodological variability was encountered in the selected reviews. To furnish readers with a more comprehensive assessment of the evidence, authors should observe higher standards when conducting and reporting their reviews.

Methodological quality assessment of paper-based systematic reviews published in oral health

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“…A probable explanation for this results is the flexibility of the AMSTAR checklist on accepting different forms for presenting the characteristics of included studies, i.e., table or text format. Furthermore, the checklist does not specify minimal information amount for (3)(4)(5) 2010-2012 214 5 (3)(4)(5)(6) IQR inter-quartile range, SE standard error scoring yes, which suggests that even SR which report fewer characteristics may have received a yes for this criterion. Question 3 (a comprehensive literature search of more than one electronic database) received the second-most positive scores in the present assessment, reflecting similar results from SR published in dentistry [21] and other fields [22,23].…”

“…4, Akinbami Orthopedics,vol. 136,no. 5, Alaluusua, S 2010, 'Aetiology of molar-incisor hypomineralisation: a systematic review', European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry,vol.…”

“…Most publications assessing the methodological quality of SR in dentistry focused on dental specialties with specific research questions [3][4][5]. This methodological approach generated a limited number of SR, with a few exceptions: Papageorgiou et al looked at 110 SR,Aziz et al included 106 SR,.…”