title: The reporting quality of meta-analysis results of systematic review abstracts in periodontology and implant dentistry is suboptimal.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Assessment of the quality of reporting in abstracts of systematic reviews with meta-analyses in periodontology and implant dentistry. Faggion CM Jr., Liu J, Huda F, Atieh M. J Periodontal Res 2014; 49(2):137-42.
  
  
  METHODS
  Argy Polychronopoulou, DDS, MS, ScM, ScD PURPOSE/QUESTION: What is the reporting quality of meta-analysis results of abstracts of systematic reviews in periodontology and implant dentistry journals?
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The authors received no funding for this study
  
  
  METHODS
  Meta-epidemiological study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 3: Other evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, University of Athens, School of Dentistry, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, P.O. Box 18018, Athens 11610, Greece. Electronic address: argy_poly@post.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Argy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronopoulou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000592:standards; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D010517:Periodontics / Q000592:standards; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic