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RoBDEMAT

Study design(s) targeted by the tool Laboratory studieslaboratory-studies
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Tool area Health, pre-clinical dental materials laboratory research
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Primary publication Delgado AH, Sauro S, Lima AF, Loguercio AD, Della Bona A, Mazzoni A, Collares FM, Staxrud F, Ferracane J, Tsoi J, Amato J, Neuhaus KW, Ceballos L, Breschi L, Hannig M, Melo MA, Özcan M, Scotti N, Opdam N, Yamaguchi S, Paris S, Turkun LS, Doméjean S, Rosa V, Palin W, Schwendicke F. RoBDEMAT: A risk of bias tool and guideline to support reporting of pre-clinical dental materials research and assessment of systematic reviews. J Dent. 2022 Dec;127:104350. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104350. Epub 2022 Oct 28
DOI http://10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104350
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Language English
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Record last updated 21/02/2025

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Key Criteria

Focuses on risk of bias, or makes a distinction between items that assess risk of bias and other aspects of study quality No
Offers a method to reach either a domain specific or overall assessment of risk of bias Yes
Tool development involving a range of stakeholders from different disciplines (e.g. methodologists, statisticians, clinicians) Yes
Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores Yes