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Published on: 31 Jul 2012 06:25:14 PM GMT
 
Epidemiology of Malocclusion
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 15 Sep 2012 09:11:06 PM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The main purpose of this article is to review the epidemiology of malocclusion and to assess the orthodontic needs of a certain group of individuals.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    Yes


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes, it would make a good seminar presentation at a dental school.


  • Other Comments:

    Malocclusion is one of the common problems seen in all parts of the world.  The studies analyzed 134 students fron Dharan, Nepal.  76.86% of the students were determined to have 'no need' for orthodontic treatment.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Epidemiology of Malocclusion[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(9):WMCRW002236
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This manuscript deals with  the frecuency of malocclusions and orthodontic needs in a student population.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    No. There are numerous studies with the same aim in the literature.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    No. The statistical methods is not adequate.


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes. But it is not convenient that future studies follow this methodology.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    The results re not enough to consider it is a good study.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    No.


  • Other Comments:

    NA

  • Competing interests:
    No.
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I am in a Dental Diagnosis clinic.

  • How to cite:  Ledesma-Montes C .Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(9):WMCRW002217
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    Study claims to be the first of it's kind done on dental students  in nepal, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTION OF THIS STUDY GROUP IS NOT EXPLAINED.(WHY WERE ONLY DENTAL STUDENTS CHOSEN?) 


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST STUDY ON EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALOCCLUSION AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS, BUT THE REASONING THAT THIS STUDY GROUP REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS FLAWED. sSIMILAR STUDY DONE IN SAME REGION " Epidemiology Of Malocclusions And Assessment Of Orthodontic Treatment Need For The Population Of Eastern Nepal ". AUTHORS- SHARMA & JAGAN NATH


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    CLAIMS TO BE THE FIRST STUDY OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT NEEDS & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALOCCLUSION AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS IN NEPAL WHICH IS TRUE


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    RESULTS ARE POORLY WRITTEN

    AIM OF THE STUDY NOT PROPERLY MENTIONED.IS IT TO STUDY EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALOCCLUSION (AS IN TITLE )/ AWARENESS OF MALOCCLUSION (AS MENTIONED IN INTRODUCTIOJN)


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY. NO DEVIATIONS FROM PROTOCOL


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    1. POOR SELECTION OF STUDY POPULATION

    2. WHAT DOES IOTN STAND FOR

    3. WHICH INDICES WERE USED IN STUDY NOT CLEARLY STATED

    4. DID ALL TH 4 EXAMINERS EXAMINE ALL THE SUBJECTS

    5. WAS THERE ANY NEED FOR CALIBRATION AMONG THE EXAMINERS

     


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    STUDY ON GENERAL POPULATION WOULD HAVE HAD MORE IMPORTANCE


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    NOT SIGNIFICANT WORK IN DISCIPLINE


  • Other Comments:

    OVERALL A POORLY WRITTEN PAPER. important drawbacks

    1) AIMS OF PAPER NOT PROPERLY STATED. IS IT TO FIND OUT EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALOCCLUSION OR AWARENESS OF MALOCCLUSION AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS?

    2) WHAT DOES IOTN STAND FOR?

    3) VARIOUS INDICES NAMED IN INTRODUCTION BUT METHODOLOGY DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHICH ONE WAS USED.

    4) REASONING THAT DENTAL STUDENTS OF BPKIHS REPRESENT ENTIRE POPULATION OF NEPAL IS FLAWED

    5)findings of  A SIMILAR STUDY DONE IN THE SAME REGION TITLED " Epidemiology Of Malocclusions And Assessment Of Orthodontic Treatment Need For The Population Of Eastern Nepal " has not been considered by the authors.

    6) what is class 4 molar relation?

     

     

  • Competing interests:
    NIL
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I AM INVOLVED IN TEACHING & PRACTISING PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

  • How to cite:  Anonymous.Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among bds Students of Bpkihs Dharan, Nepal[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(9):WMCRW002216
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Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic
Posted by Anonymous Reviewer on 28 Aug 2012 07:31:36 PM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This study is proposed to measure the level of awareness among the dental students about malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need. According to WHO, the malocclusion can be measure by DAI (dental aesthetic index). The article shows limited information about the topic studied and need improve the statistical analysis


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    The methodology could be change.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    NA


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    NA


  • Other Comments:

    In the text were included few references and several times the authors presented previous work without citation.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:

    Peres SH, Goya S, Cortellazzi KL, Ambrosano GM, Meneghim Mde C, Pereira AC. Self-perception and malocclusion and their relation to oral appearance and function. Cien Saude Colet. 2011 Oct;16(10):4059-66.

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    None
  • How to cite:  Anonymous.Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002207
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This is an attempt by the author to specify the treatment needs within the dental students. Moreover, it is the understanding of the awareness of orthodontic treatment among them. 


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes 


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes 


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes 


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA 


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    NA


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    NA


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Similar studies were conducted in the other regions too. Along with few references which make article citation diificult. Need to put more cross references.


  • Other Comments:

    NA

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    6 years

  • How to cite:  Anonymous.Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002206
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This study is an attempt to measure the level of awareness among the dental students about malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need. For any community and planning of public health services it is very important.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    Yes


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes


  • Other Comments:

    Very few reference are cited also in text many placed author reported previous ork ithout citation.

  • Competing interests:
    NA
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    NA

  • How to cite:  Anonymous.Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal.[Review of the article 'Epidemiology of Malocclusion and Assessment of Orthodontic Treatment Needs Among BDS Students of BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. ' by Gaire H].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002164
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