| Ref ID | 240 |
| First Author | P. H. Sales |
| Journal | MEDICINA ORAL, PATOLOGIA ORAL Y CIRUGIA BUCAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32520920/ |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry • Pre-specification • Risk of bias • Low reporting quality • Publication bias • Protocols • Single reviewer |
| Problem(s) |
• No registered or published protocol • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently • Poor consideration of publication bias • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Flawed risk of bias undertaken • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Brazil |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality (AMSTAR 2) of systematic reviews that assessed the effectiveness of zygomatic implants placed in atrophic maxillae. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 7 systematic reviews that assessed the effectiveness of zygomatic implants placed in atrophic maxillae. Six systematic reviews showed critically low methodological quality and one review was assessed as of low methodological quality using AMSTAR 2. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 7 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 701 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |