Correlations between the Visual Apparatus and Dental Occlusion: A Literature Review

Table 2

Qualitative analysis 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	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 points	Full: 2 points; Balanced distribution of males and females; and separate reports for males and female; Partial: 1 point; No: 0 points	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 points	Complete: 2; Partial: 1; Insufficient: 0	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 points	Yes: 1 point; No: 0 points
1	Holdberg [3]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	n.c.
2	Holdberg and Rudzki-Janson [4]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	n.c.
3	Habeeb et al. [5]	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	7
4	Monaco et al. [6]	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	7
5	Sharifi Milani et al. [7]	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	9
6	Cuccia and Caradonna [8]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
7	Monaco e al. [9]	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	7
8	Monaco et al. [10]	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	7
9	Erturk et al. [11]	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
10	Heikkinen et al. [12]	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
11	Heikkinen et al. [13]	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
12	Bollero et al. [14]	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	7
13	Monaco et al. [15]	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	9
14	Monaco et al. [16]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
15	Monaco et al. [17]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
16	Monaco et al. [18]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
17	Monaco et al. [19]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
18	Silvestrini-Biavati et al. [20]	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
19	Caruso et al. [21]	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	7