Quality assessment of randomised controlled trials of dental implant surgery and prosthodontics published from 2004 to 2008: A systematic review

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1338-1345

  Vere, Joe ^a   Joshi, Rajendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality assessment; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION; DENTAL IMPLANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHODONTICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80755188958     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02124.x     Document Type: Review

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