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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-9339</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Odontoestomatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Odontoestomatología]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-9339</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Odontología - Universidad de la República]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-93392018000100034</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22592/ode2018n31a4</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Calidad metodológica de estudios clínicos de ortodoncia publicados entre 2012-2016]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Methodological quality of orthodontic clinical trials, 2012-2016]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz Chaura]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camila]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ulloa Riffo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nicole]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Halabí Robles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diego]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Helmuth Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Austral de Chile Escuela de Odontología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valdivia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Austral de Chile Escuela de Odontología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valdivia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Austral de Chile Instituto de Odontoestomatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valdivia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Austral de Chile Instituto de Odontoestomatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Valdivia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>31</numero>
<fpage>34</fpage>
<lpage>43</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-93392018000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-93392018000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-93392018000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Objetivo. Determinar la calidad metodológica de los estudios clínicos de ortodoncia de las seis revistas con mayor factor de impacto indexadas en ISI, entre enero del 2012 y diciembre del 2016.  Metodología. Se realizó una búsqueda en PubMed, se analizó el resumen y metodología de todos los estudios seleccionados. Se clasificó como ensayo clínico a aquellos estudios que evaluaron la efectividad de un tratamiento, comparando dos o más intervenciones con grupo control. Resultados. Se analizaron 221 ensayos clínicos, con la Escala MinCir. Según promedio de calidad metodológica la European journal of orthodontics, es la revista que mostró mejor puntaje promedio (15.6 ± 2.83), mientras que por continente Europa tiene el promedio de calidad metodológica más alto con 14.88 puntos.  Conclusión. La calidad metodológica de los ensayos clínicos en ortodoncia, indexados en revistas ISI, resultó con algunas deficiencias por lo que se sugiere incorporar esta información para analizar las implicancias para la práctica dentro de la ortodoncia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Objective: To determine the methodological quality of orthodontics clinical studies in six journals with the highest impact indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), between January 2012 and December 2016.  Methodology: We performed a systematic search in PubMed and we reviewed the abstract and methodology of all the selected studies. We classified as clinical trials the studies that evaluated the effectiveness of a treatment, comparing two or more interventions to a control group. Results: We reviewed 221 clinical trials with the MinCir scale. Regarding methodological quality average, the European Journal of Orthodontics showed the best average score (15.6 ± 2.83). Regarding continent results, Europe has the highest average score of methodological quality with 14.88 points.  Conclusion: The methodological quality of the clinical trials in orthodontics indexed in ISI journals presented some deficiencies. Therefore, we suggest this information should be considered to analyze its implications for orthodontics practice.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ensayo clínico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ortodoncia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[maloclusión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[odontología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sesgo en publicación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[clinical trial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[orthodontics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[malocclusion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dentistry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[publication bias]]></kwd>
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