Definitions used for a healthy periodontium-A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the explicitness and variability of the definition of periodontal health in the current scientific literature.

Material and methods

The authors conducted a systematic literature review using PubMed and CENTRAL (2013-01/2019-05) according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and the guidelines of the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) statement.

Results

A total of 51 papers met the predefined inclusion criteria. Of these, 13 papers did not report any explicit definitions of periodontal health. Out of the 38 remaining articles, half of them used a reference to support their definition and half of them not. The studies published in periodontics-related journals o

SUBMITTER: Li A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687205 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature