Insights into the September 2023 Issue of the JOE

In this issue of the JOE, Liu et al., (1) explored the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and apical periodontitis from 15 studies using meta-analysis. Eight of the studies were cross-sectional studies. Nine studies were longitudinal cohorts, and one cross-sectional cohort study was analyzed in this investigation. The authors used Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Risk of Bias. The authors used odds ratio with 95% confidence interval to determine the quantitative analysis. A total of 1,087 patients were included in this meta-analysis.

Source: Journal of Endodontics - August 3, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Anita Aminoshariae, Amir Azarpazhooh, Ashraf F. Fouad, Gerald N. Glickman, Jianing He, Sahng G. Kim, Anil Kishen, Ariadne M. Letra, Linda Levin, Frank C. Setzer, Franklin R. Tay, Kenneth M. Hargreaves Source Type: research