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

Ref ID 628
First Author C. M. Faggion Jr
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2013
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23557434/
Keywords • Dentistry
• Low methodological quality
• Searching
• Low reporting quality
• Publication bias
• Grey literature
Problem(s) • Insufficient literature searches
• Intervention not described / defined
• Grey literature excluded
• Poor consideration of publication bias
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country New Zealand
Checklists • AMSTAR 1
Aim To perform a systematic critical appraisal of the methodological quality of systematic reviews on the effect of a history of periodontitis on dental implant loss against AMSTAR and R-AMSTAR
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings The overall quality of systematic reviews was not high. Of nine reviews assessed, seven met fewer than 50% of criteria suggested by AMSTAR and R-AMSTAR.
Number of systematic reviews included 9
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 68
Treatment impacted No
Treatment impacted description
Interpretation impacted Not Applicable
Interpretation impacted description