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SynthesisDento maxillo facial radiology2021

Assessment of dental age estimation methods applied to Brazilian children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ademir Franco, Murilo Navarro de Oliveira, Maria Tereza Campos Vidigal, Cauane Blumenberg, Adriele Alves Pinheiro, Luiz Renato Paranhos

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Synthesis in Dento maxillo facial radiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ademir FrancoDivision of Forensic Dentistry, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Instituto de Pesquisas São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1417-2781
Murilo Navarro de OliveiraPost-graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Maria Tereza Campos VidigalUndergraduate student, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Cauane BlumenbergPost-graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-3849
Adriele Alves PinheiroDivision of Forensic Dentistry, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Instituto de Pesquisas São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Luiz Renato ParanhosDivision of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-0120

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo review the scientific literature of studies on dental age estimation methods applied to Brazilian children.

methodsA systematic literature review was designed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020136170). Six scientific databases were used as primary search sources (PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, SciELO, Embase and Web of Science) and two databases (Open Grey and Open Thesis) were searched to partially select the "grey literature." Only cross-sectional studies were included. The risk of bias was assessed by means of Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools for Systematic Reviews. The standardized mean difference (SMD) between the estimated dental and chronological ages was meta-analysed via random effects model.

resultsThe search resulted in 2,527 studies, from which 13 met the eligibility criteria. Out of the eligible studies, 76.92% had low risk of bias and high methodological quality. Ten studies provided proper information to be included in the meta-analysis.The methods and their SMD between estimated and chronological ages were: Willems'=0.05, Lilequist and Lundberg'

conclusionAlthough originally trained in populations worldwide, most of the international methods for radiographical dental age estimation had optimal performance in Brazilian children.

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Age Determination by TeethBrazilChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansRadiography, PanoramicDental age estimationForensic dentistryGrowth and developmentRadiology

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PMID32479117
PMCPMC7860950

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