Background The aims of this study were to assess whether the previous registration of a
systematic review (SR) is associated with the improvement of the quality of the report of SRs …

Introduction The number of systematic reviews (SRs) in dentistry published each year has
grown considerably, and they have been essential in clinical decision-making and health …

Background Recent methodologic evidence suggests that lack of blinding in randomized
trials can result in under-or overestimation of the treatment effect size. The objective of this …

The Live. Learn. Laugh. phase 2 programme is a unique global partnership between FDI
World Dental Federation and Unilever Oral Care which aims to provide measurable …

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and reporting characteristics of
systematic reviews (SRs) in dentistry indexed within PubMed during the year 2017. Methods …

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of systematic reviews of
vertical bone regeneration techniques, using two quality-assessment tools (AMSTAR and …

Objectives To examine the risks of bias, risks of random errors, reporting quality, and
methodological quality of randomized clinical trials of oral health interventions and the …

Aim: To analyse meta-analyses included in systematic reviews (SRs) published in leading
orthodontic journals and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) focusing …

Emerging evidence suggests that design flaws of randomized controlled trials can result in
over-or underestimation of the treatment effect size (ES). The objective of this study was to …

Objectives To assess and compare the reporting quality of systematic review (SR) abstracts
in operative dentistry published before and after the release of Preferred Reporting Items for …