| 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 |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Ecuador |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To evaluate the methodological quality and the risk of bias of systematic reviews with regard to the literature on therapies for sleep bruxism (SB) in dentistry, using AMSTAR 2. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| 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. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 6 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 73 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |