Quality assessment of systematic reviews on alveolar ridge preservation

Ref ID	487
First Author	J. G. De Buitrago
Journal	JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
Year Of Publishing	2013
URL	https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(14)60634-6/fulltext
Keywords	• Dentistry • Low methodological quality • Searching • Publication bias • Grey literature • Single reviewer • Disclosure • Risk of bias
Problem(s)	• Lack of supplementary searches beyond databases • Language restriction • Grey literature excluded • Poor consideration of publication bias • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • No quality assessment undertaken or reported
Number of systematic reviews included	8
Summary of Findings	Several areas of deficit were frequent in the included reviews including: Quality assessment or risk of bias not reported Single reviewer / lack of double checking Lack of supplementary searches beyond databases; Language restriction; Grey literature excluded; Poor consideration of publication bias; Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed; Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality; Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results?	N/A
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?	Yes