An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses on Transcrestal Sinus Floor Elevation: Methodological Quality, Primary-Study Overlap, and Interpretive Boundaries.

Hadar Better, Keren Better, Thabet Asbi, Shaul Lin, Gavriel Chaushu, Doron Haim

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Review in Dentistry journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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6 authors.

Hadar BetterMaccabi-Dent Medical & Quality Assurance Department, Tel Aviv 6801298, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7493-5026

Keren BetterDepartment of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Thabet AsbiDepartment of Periodontology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1875-7402

Shaul LinDepartment of Endodontics and Dental Trauma, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel.

Gavriel ChaushuDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9176-4978

Doron HaimMaccabi-Dent Research and Innovation Department, Tel Aviv 6801298, Israel.ORCID 0009-0000-9238-7940

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AMSTAR 2benign paroxysmal positional vertigobiomechanical classCorrected Covered Areameta-analysismethodological qualitypatient-reported outcomesSchneiderian membrane perforationtranscrestal sinus floor elevationumbrella review

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PMID42645457

DOI10.3390/dj14080483

PMCPMC13511329

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