| Ref ID | 631 |
| First Author | C. M. Faggion Jr |
| Journal | THE VETERINARY JOURNAL |
| Year Of Publishing | 2012 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21924652/ |
| Keywords |
• Dentistry • Animal studies • Risk of bias • Low methodological quality • Publication bias • Grey literature |
| Problem(s) |
• Following guidelines is no guarantee of a rigorous systematic review • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • Grey literature excluded • Poor execution of narrative synthesis • Poor consideration of publication bias • No quality assessment undertaken or reported |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Germany |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 1 |
| Aim | To to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of animal studies in dentistry using AMSTAR |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only two included reviews were regarded as high quality. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 54 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 444 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |