Critical appraisal of evidence supporting the placement of dental implants in patients with neurodegenerative diseases

Abstract

The results of the included reports suggest positive outcomes for dental implant use in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Nevertheless, more robust studies, with better design and longer follow-ups, are needed to set strategies to prevent and treat potential complications in patients with neurodegenerative disorders treated with dental implants.

Oral health and dental care of older persons—A systematic map of systematic reviews

“…The number of reviews with low/moderate and high risk of bias according to the 12 domains is presented in Table . The main characteristics of reviews with low/moderate risk of bias are described in Table and the 18 reviews with high risk of bias are reported in Table . Table presents the 163 excluded reviews and the main reason for exclusion.…”

Improving the quality of systematic reviews of neurological conditions: an assessment of current practice and the development and validation of six new search strategies

“…It is the first to assess the quality of search strategies used in the study of neurological conditions, manually examining the methods of 182 consecutively published systematic reviews over a 2‐year period. The quality assessment criteria were based upon those used by previous studies , the AMSTAR guidelines , the PRESS checklist and the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration . It is also the first to develop and validate hedges for migraine, stroke, dementia, epileptic seizures, PD and MS. Three reviewers manually reviewed 10 311 consecutively published articles in the process, an enormous task to ensure sufficient precision in our results.…”

“…The quality of the overall search strategy was assessed using 12 questionnaire items. These questions were derived from those used by prior studies and the AMSTAR guidelines and were based upon the recommendations specified in the Cochrane Handbook . The quality of the condition‐specific search strategy (i.e.…”

The Association between Tooth Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Case Control Studies

“…A study conducted by Faggion C.M. et al of 2013 reports [18], in a systematic review of the literature, a higher incidence of peri-implantitis cases in patients with Dementia and other neuro-degenerative diseases, according to Faggion C.M. the patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease may have an improvement in the masticatory component from the use of prothesis loaded on implants (overdenture).…”