Li QL, Yao MF, Cao RY, Zhao K, Wang XD. Survival Rates of Splinted and Nonsplinted Prostheses Supported by Short Dental Implants (≤8.5 mm): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Prosthodont. 2022;31(1):9-21. doi:10.1111/jopr.13402. Epub 2021 Jul 16. PMID:34160869.
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grants No. 82071156, No. 81470767, and No. 81271175.
Systematic review with meta-analysis of data (SRMA).

LIMITED EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SURVIVAL OF NON-SPLINTED SHORT IMPLANTS (≤8.5 MM) IS COMPARABLE TO THAT OF SPLINTED IMPLANTS.

Travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review.

To systematically search the scientific literature concerning the influence of playing a wind instrument on tooth position and/or facial morphology.
The PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane databases were searched up to September 2019. Orthodontic journals were hand searched and grey literature was sought via Google Scholar. Observational studies and (randomized) controlled clinical trials that assessed tooth position and/or facial morphology by profile cephalograms, dental casts or clinical examination were included. The potential risk of bias was assessed. Data from wind instrument players and controls were extracted. Descriptive analysis and meta-analysis were performed.
In total, 10 eligible studies with a cross-sectional (n = 7) or longitudinal design (n = 3) and an estimated low to serious risk of bias were included. Sample sizes ranged from 36 to 170 participants, varying from children to professional musicians. Descriptive analysis indicated that adults playing a single-reed instrument may have a larger overjet than controls. Playing a brass instrument might be associated with an increase in maxillary and mandibular intermolar width among children. Longitudinal data showed less increase in anterior facial height among brass and single-reed players between the age of 6 and 15. Children playing a wind instrument showed thicker lips than controls. Meta-analysis revealed that after a follow-up of 6 months to 3 years, children playing brass instruments had a significant reduction in overjet as compared to controls. The magnitude of the effect was of questionable clinical relevance and the generalizability was limited.
Playing a wind instrument can influence tooth position and facial morphology in both children and adults. Aspects that stand out are overjet, arch width, facial divergence/convergence and lip thickness. However, evidence was sparse and the strength of the premise emerging from this review was graded to be "very low".
Systematische Suche nach wissenschaftlicher Literatur zum Einfluss des Spielens eines Blasinstruments auf die Zahnstellung und/oder die Gesichtsmorphologie.
Die Datenbanken PubMed, Embase und Cochrane wurden bis September 2019 durchsucht. Darüber hinaus wurden die wichtigsten kieferorthopädischen Zeitschriften per Hand und Google Scholar nach grauer Literatur durchsucht. Thematisch passende Studien wurden kritisch beurteilt und analysiert. Beobachtungsstudien und (randomisierte) kontrollierte klinische Studien, in denen die Zahnstellung und/oder die Gesichtsmorphologie anhand von Fernröntgenseitbild, Kiefermodellen bzw. klinischer Untersuchung beurteilt wurden, wurden einbezogen. Das potenzielle Bias-Risiko wurde bewertet. Daten von Blasinstrumentenspielern und Kontrollen wurden extrahiert, sowohl eine deskriptive Analyse als auch eine Metaanalyse wurden durchgeführt.
Die Suche führte zu 10 geeigneten Studien, 7 Querschnitts- und 3 Längsschnittstudien mit einem geschätzten geringem bis erheblichem Bias-Risiko. Die Fallzahl reichte von 36 bis 170 Teilnehmern und die Merkmale der Studiengruppe variierten von Kindern bis hin zu professionellen Musikern. Die deskriptive Analyse zeigte, dass Erwachsene, die Einzelrohrblattinstrumente spielen, einen größeren Overjet haben können als Kontrollen. Das Spielen eines Blechblasinstruments steht bei Kindern möglicherweise in Zusammenhang mit einer Zunahme der intermolaren Breite im Ober- und Unterkiefer. Langzeitdaten zeigten eine geringere Zunahme der anterioren Gesichtshöhe bei Blechbläsern und Einzelrohrblattspielern im Alter zwischen 6 und 15 Jahren. Kinder, die ein Blasinstrument spielen, hatten im Vergleich zu den Kontrollen vollere Lippen. Die Metaanalyse zeigte, dass Kinder, die ein Blasinstrument spielen, bei einer Nachuntersuchungsdauer von 6 Monaten bis 3 Jahren eine signifikante Verkleinerung des Overjet im Vergleich zu den Kontrollen hatten. Das Ausmaß des Effekts war von fraglicher klinischer Relevanz, und die Generalisierbarkeit war begrenzt.
Das Spielen eines Blasinstruments kann Zahnstellung und Gesichtsmorphologie bei Kindern und bei Erwachsenen beeinflussen. Hervorzuheben sind hierbei Overjet, Kieferbogenbreite, faziale Divergenz/Konvergenz und Lippendicke. Allerdings war die Evidenz spärlich und die Stärke der aus dieser Untersuchung hervorgehenden Prämisse wurde als „sehr gering“ eingestuft.

Does playing a wind instrument influence tooth position and facial morphology? : Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Reply to Wang et al.'s commentary on Xue et al.: The efficacy and safety of dual orexin receptor antagonists in primary insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The efficacy of analgesics in controlling orthodontic pain: a systematic review and meta- analysis. Cheng C, Xie T, Wang J. BMC Oral Health 2020; 20:259.
The systematic review was funded by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81771114 and No. 81970967). The authors have no actual or potential conflicts of interest.
Systematic review with meta-analysis of data.

OVER THE COUNTER ANALGESICS ARE EFFECTIVE IN TREATING ORTHODONTIC PAIN.

To systematically compare and rank the accuracy of AI-based intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation formulas and traditional IOL formulas in highly myopic eyes.
We screened PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases for studies published from inception to April 2023. The following outcome data were collected: mean absolute error (MAE), percentage of eyes with a refractive prediction error (PE) within ±0.25, ±0.50, and ±1.00 diopters (D), and median absolute error (MedAE). The network meta-analysis was conducted by R 4.3.0 and STATA 17.0.
Twelve studies involving 2,430 adult myopic eyes (with axial lengths >26.0 mm) that underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery with mono-focal IOL implantation were included. The network meta-analysis of 21 formulas showed that the top three AI-based formulas, as per the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) values, were XGBoost, Hill-RBF, and Kane. The three formulas had the lowest MedAE and were more accurate than traditional vergence formulas, such as SRK/T, Holladay 1, Holladay 2, Haigis, and Hoffer Q regarding MAE, percentage of eyes with PE within ±0.25, ±0.50, and ±1.00 D.
The top AI-based formulas for calculating IOL power in highly myopic eyes were XGBoost, Hill-RBF, and Kane. They were significantly more accurate than traditional vergence formulas and ranked better than formulas with Wang-Koch AL modifications or newer generations of formulas such as Barrett and Olsen.
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42022335969.

The accuracy of intraocular lens power calculation formulas based on artificial intelligence in highly myopic eyes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Mounting clinical studies have reported patients with schizophrenia are at high risk of developing sexual dysfunction (SD), but a directly calculated prevalence of SD is currently lacking.
To further quantify the association between schizophrenia and SD.
MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (OVID), the Cochrane Library databases, and the PsycINFO were systematically searched for eligible studies reporting the sexual functioning in patients with schizophrenia. This meta-analysis has been registered on PROSPERO (ID: CRD42019121720, http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO).
The relationship between schizophrenia and SD was detected by calculating the relative risk (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). The GRADE-profiler was employed to rank the quality of the evidence.
10 observational studies (3 case-control studies and 7 cross-sectional studies) were finally included, enrolling a total of 3,570 participants (mean age 28.6-46.2 years), of whom 1,161 had schizophrenia and the remainders were the healthy control subjects. Synthetic results indicated that schizophrenia was significantly associated with an increased risk of SD regardless of gender (3 studies reporting both sexes: RR = 2.24, 95%CI: 1.66-3.03, P < .001, heterogeneity: I
Our findings confirmed the potential link between schizophrenia and SD. Clinicians should routinely assess the sexual functioning for those patients with schizophrenia and further recommend the preferred antipsychotics for them.
This is the first meta-analysis investigating the association between schizophrenia and the risks of SD in both sexes. Nonetheless, substantial heterogeneities were identified across the selected studies.
Robust data from this meta-analysis showed increased rates of SD in patients with schizophrenia compared with the general populations. Therefore, more specific psychological and pharmaceutical interventions are needed to help patients with schizophrenia gain a better sexual life. Zhao S, Wang X, Qiang X, et al. Is There an Association Between Schizophrenia and Sexual Dysfunction in Both Sexes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Sex Med 2020;17:1476-1488.

Is There an Association Between Schizophrenia and Sexual Dysfunction in Both Sexes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Scraping therapy is widely used in treating stage I and II essential hypertension in China. However, there has been no systematic evaluation of the efficacy of scraping therapy on blood pressure and sleep quality in stage I and II essential hypertension.
Seven electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, EBSCO, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang Data electronic databases) were searched from inception to December 2022. Based on the principle of combining subject words with text words, the search strategy was constructed around search terms for "scraping therapy," "scraping," "Guasha," "Gua sha," "hypertension," and "high blood pressure" during the database searches.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included if they recruited patients with stage I and II essential hypertension and included a scraping therapy intervention. The intervention group received antihypertensive drugs and scraping therapy, while the control group only took antihypertensive drugs.
Review Manager 5.4.0 and STATA 15.1 were used to enter all the relevant outcome variables to conduct the meta-analysis. The quality of the selected RCTs was assessed using the PEDro scale. The sensitivity analysis was carried out by iteratively excluding individual studies and repeating the analysis to determine the stability of the findings and identify any studies with greater influence on the outcome. Subgroup analysis was performed to find the source of heterogeneity. Funnel plots were used to evaluate the publication bias of included studies.
Nine RCTs including 765 participants were selected. Meta-analysis showed that scraping therapy combined with medication had an advantage over the use of medication alone in lowering systolic blood pressure (mean difference [MD] = -5.09, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -6.50 to -3.67, P < 0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (MD = -2.66, 95% CI = -3.17 to -2.14, P < 0.001). Subgroup analysis showed that scraping therapy improved sleep quality in middle-aged patients with hypertension, but the efficacy was better in elderly patients (MD = -7.91, 95% CI = -8.65 to -7.16, P < 0.001) than in middle-aged patients (MD = -2.67, 95% CI = -4.12 to -1.21, P = 0.0003).
The available evidence indicates that scraping therapy has significant effects on patients with stage I and II hypertension, and it improves sleep quality for elderly patients with hypertension better than for middle-aged ones. Scraping therapy can be an adjunctive treatment for stage I and II essential hypertension. However, further high-quality studies are needed to verify its effectiveness and the best therapeutic strategies. Please cite this article as: Zhu, Z, Wang J, Pan, X. Efficacy of scraping therapy on blood pressure and sleep quality in stage I and II essential hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Integr Med. 2024; 22(1): 12-21.

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