From: The reporting of pilot and feasibility studies in the top dental specialty journals is suboptimal
Study characteristic | n, (%) |
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Trial location: | |
Europe | 49, (44.1) |
Asia | 28, (25.2) |
North America | 27, (24.3) |
South America | 4, (3.6) |
Australia | 3, (2.7) |
Specialty discipline: | |
Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 26, (23.4) |
Prosthodontics | 19, (17.1) |
Oral pathology and oral medicine | 17, (15.3) |
Periodontology | 16, (14.4) |
Pediatric dentistry | 8, (7.2) |
Orthodontics | 7, (6.3) |
Oral and maxillofacial radiology | 6, (5.4) |
Dental anesthesia | 5, (4.5) |
Dental public health | 5, (4.5) |
Endodontics | 2, (1.8) |
Year of publication: | |
2017 | 33, (29.7) |
2018 | 24, (21.6) |
2019 | 22, (19.8) |
2020 | 32, (28.8) |