An AMSTAR assessment of the methodological quality of systematic reviews of oral healthcare interventions published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science (JAOS)

Ref ID	82
First Author	P. Sequeira-Byron
Journal	JOURNAL OF APPLIED ORAL SCIENCE
Year Of Publishing	2011
URL	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984188/pdf/jaos-19-05-0440.pdf
Keywords	• Dentistry • Single reviewer • Protocols • Transparency • Publication bias • Heterogeneity • Low reporting quality • Low methodological quality • Pre-specification
Problem(s)	• No registered or published protocol • Search strategy not provided • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Single reviewer / lack of double checking • Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity • Poor consideration of publication bias • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Number of systematic reviews included	4
Summary of Findings	Of the four included systematic reviews of oral healthcare published in the Journal of Applied Oral Science between 2003 and 2009, three were rated as low AMSTAR quality. Few of the reviews adequately satisfied criteria.
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