Extent and quality of systematic review evidence related to minimum intervention in dentistry: essential oils, powered toothbrushes, triclosan, xylitol

Ref ID 178
First Author S. Mickenautsch
Journal INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL
Year Of Publishing 2011
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21851349/
Keywords • Dentistry
• Risk of bias
• Error
Problem(s) • Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies
• Flawed risk of bias undertaken
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country South Africa
Checklists • AMSTAR 1
Aim To assess the reporting (QUOROM) and methodological (AMSTAR) quality of systematic reviews in minimum intervention in dentistry published across 5 databases up to November 2010.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Whilst the AMSTAR quality was good, none of the 11 included systematic reviews judged quality of the included trials to assess whether selection bias was present.
Number of systematic reviews included 11
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 119
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description