Need for criteria to appraise the methodological quality of laboratory-based studies included in systematic reviews within the speciality of Endodontology

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
• ² Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
• ³ UWA Dental School, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
• ⁴ Department of Endodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• ⁵ Division of Restorative Dentistry, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• ⁶ Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁷ Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁸ Private Consultant, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
• ⁹ School of Dentistry, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.