Accuracy of orthognathic surgery with customized titanium plates-Systematic review.

This systematic review aimed to evaluate the accuracy of customized titanium plates in orthognathic surgery compared to standard outcome in virtual surgical planning. PRISMA and JBI guidelines were followed. Research protocol was registered in PROSPERO. Six databases and two gray literature repositories were used as sources of research articles. Descriptive clinical studies, that performed orthognathic surgery using custom titanium plates, were included. Risk of bias was assessed by "The Joanna-Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools for use in Systematic Reviews Checklist for Case Series". Of the 11,916 studies initially identified, seven met the eligibility criteria and were included. The studies were published between 2015 and 2019. Most of the studies (57%) had a low risk of bias, while one had a high risk of bias. Total sample included 74 patients with 63 bimaxillary surgeries and 11 unimaxillary surgeries. All studies showed acceptable accuracy within previously established clinical parameters. Although the eligible articles assessed the accuracy of the orthognathic surgery with respect to virtual planning, the wide variability of evaluation methodologies made it impossible to calculate a combined accuracy measure. It was not possible to perform a meta-analysis, so a pragmatic recommendation on the use of these plates is not possible.

Accuracy of computer-aided image analysis in the diagnosis of odontogenic cysts: A systematic review.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to search for scientific evidence concerning the accuracy of computer-assisted analysis for diagnosing odontogenic cysts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA statements and considering eleven databases, including the grey literature. Protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD [Blinding]). The PECO strategy was used to define the eligibility criteria and only studies involving diagnostic accuracy were included. Their risk of bias was investigated using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tool. RESULTS: Out of 437 identified citations, five papers, published between 2006 and 2019, fulfilled the criteria and were included in this systematic review. A total of 5,264 images from 508 lesions, classified as radicular cyst, odontogenic keratocyst, lateral periodontal cyst, glandular odontogenic cyst, or dentigerous cyst, were analyzed. All selected articles scored low risk of bias. In three studies, the best performances were achieved when the two subtypes of odontogenic keratocysts (solitary or syndromic) were pooled together, the case-wise analysis showing a success rate of 100% for odontogenic keratocysts and radicular cysts, in one of them. In two studies, the dentigerous cyst was associated with the majority of misclassifications, and its omission from the dataset improved significantly the classification rates. CONCLUSIONS: The overall evaluation showed all studies presented high accuracy rates of computer-aided systems in classifying odontogenic cysts in digital images of histological tissue sections. However, due to the heterogeneity of the studies, a meta-analysis evaluating the outcomes of interest was not performed and a pragmatic recommendation about their use is not possible.