Clinical performance of and patient satisfaction with conventional complete dentures with different occlusal schemes: A systematic review of systematic reviews

Ref ID	848
First Author	M.H.R Borges
Journal	JOURNAL OF PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY
Year Of Publishing	2022
URL	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022391321005916
Keywords	• Protocols • Dentistry • Searching • Low methodological quality • Single reviewer • Disclosure • Pre-specification
Problem(s)	• Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • No registered or published protocol • Insufficient literature searches • Single reviewer / lack of double checking
Number of systematic reviews included	10
Summary of Findings	From 10 systematic reviews of the influence of occlusal schemes on the clinical performance of and patient satisfaction with complete dentures published up to April 1 2021 (databases searched not reported). Nine out of the 10 included systematic reviews were classified as of low or critically low methodological quality (AMSTAR 2). Only 2 had a written review protocol and most of the reviews did not conduct a comprehensive search and failed to explain the design of the included studies. Study selection and data extraction were not conducted (or not reported to have been conducted) in duplicate in 4 and 7 reviews respectively. Six reviews did not provide a list of potentially eligible studies that were excluded and the reasons for exclusion, and 5 reviews did not describe the included studies in adequate or partially adequate detail. Nine reviews did not provide information on sources of funding of the primary studies.
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?	No