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ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Silva MCPMD, Lyra MCA, Almeida HCR, Alencar Filho AV, Heimer MV, Rosenblatt A. Caries experience in children and adolescents with Down Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Oral Biol. 2020 Jul;115:104,715. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2020.104715. Epub 2020 Apr…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Effect of sodium lauryl sulfate on recurrent aphthous stomatitis: A systematic review. Alli BY, Erinoso OA, Olawuyi AB. J Oral Pathol Med. 2019;48(5):358-64. SOURCE OF FUNDING: None. The authors declared no conflict of interest. TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Systematic review with…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Efficacy of tunnel technique in the treatment of localized and multiple gingival recessions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Tavelli L, Barootchi S, Nguyen TVN, Tattan M, Ravidà A, Want H-L. J Periodontol 2018;89(9):1075-90. SOURCE OF FUNDING: Nonprofit, foundat…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Does 3-dimensional imaging of the third molar reduce the risk of experiencing inferior alveolar nerve injury owing to extraction?: A meta-analysis. Clé-Ovejero A, Sánchez-Torres A, Camps-Font O, Gay-Escoda C, Figueiredo R, Valmaseda-Castellón E. JADA 2017;148(…

Formal empirical assessments of replication have recently become more prominent in several areas of science, including psychology. These assessments have used different statistical approaches to determine if a finding has been replicated. The purpose of this article is to provide several alternative conceptual framewor…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Guided bone regeneration with collagen membranes and particulate graft materials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Wessing B, Lettner S, Zechner W. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2018;33(1):87-100. SOURCE OF FUNDING: Did not receive any funding support TYPE OF STUDY/D…

Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses are important research designs used to summarize and derive conclusions about the collective evidence on a focused research question in a structured, reproducible manner. The goal of this Methodology Minute is to describe how to conduct a systematic literature review and…

Published research should be reported to evidence users with clarity and transparency that facilitate optimal appraisal and use of evidence and allow replication by other researchers. Guidelines for such reporting are available for several types of studies but not for meta-epidemiological methodology studies. Meta-epid…

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for research, many research questions cannot be ethically and practically answered using an RCT. Comparative effectiveness research (CER) techniques are often better suited than RCTs to address the effects of an intervention under routine care conditions,…

For new interventions, the results of sequential randomized or non-randomized trials and meta-analysis can differ significantly. Evaluation of the evidence for the effect of a new treatment is a complex interplay of several factors, including the methodological design, the risk of a coincidental finding and applicabili…

Much of the scientific literature in existence today is based on model systems and case studies, which help to split research into manageable blocks. The impact of this research can be greatly increased in meta-analyses that combine individual studies published over time to identify patterns across studies; patterns th…

The systematic literature review is a powerful tool for summarizing and evaluating current knowledge related to a specific research question. Systematic reviews have many advantages over traditional narrative reviews. A meta-analysis of data from a systematic review can provide a better estimate of a treatment effect t…

In a meta-analysis of case-control studies, Zhang et al. (2011) found an increased risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in patients exposed to antipsychotics (OR=2.39 [1.71-3.35]). Our updated meta-analysis including the 2 available cohort studies, recognized as a more relevant type of observational study, showed…

MOTIVATION: Meta-analysis of large gene expression datasets obtained from public repositories requires consistently annotated data. Curation of such experiments, however, is an expert activity which involves repetitive manipulation of text. Existing tools for automated curation are few, which bottleneck the analysis pi…