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Current research aims at improving early detection and treatment of cognitive impairment (CI), particularly in patients at high risk for progression to dementia. It is important to treat signs and symptoms as early as possible to normalize quality of life. In older cognitively impaired patients, dentists and physicians should consider polypharmacy, uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors, depression, metabolic or endocrine derangements, delirium due to intercurrent illness, and dementia, all of which may increase risk for CI and other negative outcomes. An interdisciplinary team approach is a necessity for a responsible and safe treatment sequence.

Current research aims at improving early detection and treatment of cognitive impairment (CI), particularly in patients at high risk for progression to dementia. It is important to treat signs and symptoms as early as possible to normalize quality of life. In older cognitively impaired patients, dentists and physicians should consider polypharmacy, uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors, depression, metabolic or endocrine derangements, delirium due to intercurrent illness, and dementia, all of which may increase risk for CI and other negative outcomes. An interdisciplinary team approach is a necessity for a responsible and safe treatment sequence.

Article Title and Bibliographic Information The effect of supportive care in preventing peri-implant diseases and implant loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lin C-Y, Chen Z, Pan W-L, Want H-L. Clin Oral Implants Res 2019;30(8):714-24. Source of Funding University of Michigan Periodontal Graduate Student Research Fund. Type of Study/Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Article Title and Bibliographic Information Tattan M, Chambrone L, Gonzalez-Martin O, Avila-Ortiz G. Static computer-aided, partially guided, and free-handed implant placement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2020 Oct;31(10):889-916. doi: 10.1111/clr.13635. Epub 2020 Jul 26. PMID: 32654230. Source of Funding Information not available. Type of Study/Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Article Title and Bibliographic Information Do HEMA-free adhesive systems have better clinical performance than HEMA-containing systems in noncarious cervical lesions? A systematic review and meta-analysis. da Silva TSP, de Castro RF, Magno MB, Maia LC, da Silva 3 Souza Junior. J Dent 2018; 74: 1-14. Source of Funding Information not available. Type of Study/Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Article Title and Bibliographic Information Longevity of direct and indirect resin composite restorations in permanent posterior teeth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Da Veiga AMA, Cunha AC, Ferreria DMTP, Fidalgo TK, Chianca TK, Reis KR, Maia LC. J Dent 2016;54:1-12. Source of Funding Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This study was conducted as part of the master degree for one of the authors under supervision by another author. Type of Study/Design Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Article Title and Bibliographic Information Prosthetic maintenance of different mandibular implant overdentures: A systematic review. Assaf A, Daas M, Boittin A, Eid N, Postaire M. J Prosthet Dent 2017; 118(2):144-52. Source of Funding Information not available Type of Study/Design Systematic review

©2013 The Authors. Published by the JScholar under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. How do you assess the claims that dental companies or researchers make about their products when you are busy in your dental practice? It is plausible that clinicians are continuously exposed to claims from both commercial and scientific sources which place a product in the best possible light in terms of health promotion or disease prevention. It can also be argued that such claims should have been evaluated carefully and interpreted in the context of the clinician’s practice prior to the usage of the innovation becoming a mainstay in clinical practice.

Paula K. Friedman, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.P.H.; Christopher Arena; Kathryn Atchison, M.P.H., D.D.S.; Phyllis L. Beemsterboer, M.S., Ed.D.; Paul Farsai, D.M.D., M.P.H.; Juan B. Giusti, D.M.D., M.P.H.; N. Karl Haden, Ph.D.; Mary E. Martin, D.D.S., M.Ed.; Charles F. Sanders, Jr., D.D.S.; Michael R. Sudzina, M.B.A.; Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D.; John N. Williams, M.B.A., D.M.D.; Nancy Zinser, R.D.H., M.S.; Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H.; Joshua S. Mintz, M.S.; M. Sue Sandmeyer

A critical summary of Sgolastra F, Petrucci A, Severino M, Gatto R, Monaco A. Lasers for the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity: a meta-analysis. J Dent Res 2013;92(6):492-499.

Objective Systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of screening measures for oral cancer and precancer.