The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants
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Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants · Jan 2007
A meta-analytic approach to determine the state of the science on implant dentistry.
Meta-analyses have been widely used to estimate treatment effects in evidence-based dentistry. Few conferences, however, have used a systems approach to assure coherent data management and analysis. ⋯ This overview includes (a) a description of widely used clinical trial designs for implant dentistry, (b) a description of data management procedures specifically designed for the SSID conference, and (c) a description of the data analysis methodology, including descriptive analyses and meta-analyses. The use of the systems approach facilitated data abstraction and analysis.