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The Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
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Meta-analysis in dental research

치의학 분야에서의 메타 분석

  • Lim, Hoi-Jeong (Department of Orthodontics, Chonnam National University School of Dentistry, Dental Science Research Institute)
  • 임회정 (전남대학교 치의학전문대학원 교정학교실, 치의학 연구소)
  • Received : 2014.05.13
  • Accepted : 2014.07.02
  • Published : 2014.08.01
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Abstract

Recently, importance of meta-analysis is increasing in the field of dentistry, since it is not easy to settle controversies arising from conflicting studies. Meta-analysis is the statistical method of combining results from two or more individual studies that have been done on the same topic. Merits of meta-analysis include an increase in power, an improvement in precision, and the ability to address solution not provided by individual studies. However, it might mislead researchers when variation across studies and publication bias are not carefully taken into consideration. The purpose of this study is to help understand meta-analysis by making use of individual results in dental research paper.

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Supported by : 전남대학교

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