Temporomandibular Joint Anatomy Assessed by CBCT Images

Table 2

Quality of the studies.

Authors	Type of study	Sample selection adequacy based on age range across the group/s	Sample selection adequacy based on gender across the group/s	Description of at least an error analysis method	Complete description of technical data about CBCT acquisition	Description of blinding procedure	Prior estimation of sample size or a posteriori power analysis	Points
	Longitudinal Construction: 2; Other methods: 1; Not defined: 0	Full: 2 points: properly and clearly detectable data according to age range (i.e., data derived from groups of children or adolescents, or young adults, or adults); Partial: 1 point; Not: 0 point	Full: 2 points; Balanced distribution of males and females; and separate reports for males and female; Partial: 1 point; No: 0 point	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 point	Complete: 2; Partial: 1; Insufficient: 0	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 points	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 points
Saccucci et al. [11]	+; Observational study	+; 15–30 years old (adolescents and young adults)	++; 94 subjects: 46 females and 48 males;	+	+	0	+	7
Saccucci et al. [12]	+; Observational study	+; 15–30 years old (adolescents and young adults)	++; 200 subjects: 95 males and 105 females	+	+	0	+	7
Huntjens et al. [14]	+; Observational study of children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis	+; Mean age; (adolescents and children)	+; 20 patients: 6 males and 14 females	0	++	0	0	5
Zhang et al. [16]	+; Cross-sectional study	0; 42 TMJs from 21 dry human skulls not identified for; age	0; 42 TMJs from 21 dry human skulls not identified for gender	+	++	0	0	4
Dos Anjos Pontual et al. [17]	+; Observational study	++; Range 10–89 years old; (adolescents, young adults, and adults)	+; 319 subjects: 69 males and 250 females	+	+	0	0	5
Alexiou et al. [3]	+; Observational study	++; Range 20–75 years old; (adolescents, young adults, and adults)	+; 71 subjects: 11 males and 60 females	+	+	0	0	6
Farronato et al. [14]	+; Observational study of children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis	++; 30 subjects; range 8–13 years old	+	+	+	0	+	7
Schlueter et al. [19]	+; Cross-sectional study	0; 50 TMJs from 25 dry human skulls not identified for age	0; 50 TMJs from 25 dry human skulls not identified for gender	0	++	0	0	3
Zhang et al. [20]	+; Case-control study	++; 10 subjects; (5 cases and 5 controls); mean age, among cases and years among controls; (young adults)	++; 10 subjects (2 males and 3 females as cases and 2 males and 3 females as controls)	+	+	0	0	7
Illipronti-Filho et al. [21]	+; Observational study	++; 9 males (mean 7.9 years) and 11 females (mean 8.2 years); (children)	++; 20 subjects: 9 males and 11 females	+	+	0	+	8
Ikeda et al. [22]	+; Observational study	+; 10 males and 12 females; range 12–26 years old; (adolescents and young adults)	++; 22 subjects: 10 males and 12 females	+	+	0	0	6