Publication of statistically significant research findings in prosthodontics & implant dentistry in the context of other dental specialties

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1195-1202

  Papageorgiou, Spyridon N ^a   Kloukos, Dimitrios ^b   Petridis, Haralampos ^c   Pandis, Nikolaos ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Private Practice   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Dentistry; Prosthodontics; Publication bias; Reporting bias; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PROSTHODONTICS; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL IMPLANTATION; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PROSTHODONTICS; PUBLICATIONS; PUBLISHING; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL;

EID: 84942823403     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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