Risk of bias of animal studies on regenerative procedures for periodontal and peri-implant bone defects-a systematic review

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1154-1160

  Faggion Jr , Clovis Mariano ^a   Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos Nikitas ^a   Listl, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

Author keywords

animal research; controlled trial; ethics; methodological quality; randomised controlled trial; risk of bias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BONE REGENERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTIUM; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE REGENERATION; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL RESEARCH; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION, PERIODONTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERIODONTIUM; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82055170431     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2011.01783.x     Document Type: Review

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