Therapies for sleep bruxism in dentistry: A critical evaluation of systematic reviews

Ref ID 853
First Author L. Ceron
Journal DENTAL & MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Year Of Publishing 2022
URL https://dmp.umw.edu.pl/en/article/2023/60/2/335/
Keywords Dentistry
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) No registered or published protocol
Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria
Insufficient literature searches
Number of systematic reviews included 6
Summary of Findings From 6 systematic reviews of therapies for sleep bruxism in dentistry indexed across PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and Embase databases as well as from Google Scholar and OpenGrey up to February 2022. The methodological quality of all 6 systematic reviews, assessed with the AMSTAR 2 tool, was critically low. Five out the six systematic reviews did not have a report a registered protocol, nor explained their selection of the study designs for inclusion. Only 1 review reported a comprehensive search strategy.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes