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The majority of these seem to be more methodological exercises than manuscripts prepared to provide clinicians and researchers with up\u2010to\u2010date information to advance knowledge. In addition, given the increasing number of researchers who have been reviewing the dental literature on various topics without seemingly having any specific clinical or scientific background in the topic under review, the ultimate value of some <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SR<\/jats:styled-content>s is questionable. Some of them end up producing meta\u2010analyses (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MA<\/jats:styled-content>s) to give \u201cnumbers\u201d (eg, risk measures and strength of association) that do not have a biological basis, due to the clinical heterogeneity of the articles being reviewed. 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