10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Methodological Issues in
Oral Health Research
9-11 SEPTEMBER 2024
zmk-School of Dental Medicine of the University of Bern
Methodological Issues in
Details
YEAR
June 2 – 4,
2021
VENUE
Online Meeting
PARTICIPANTS
N/A
9th International Conference
Methological Issues in Oral Health Research
Translating research into practice and policy: Health economics
It was planned to host the next dental-statistical meeting in New York in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic ruined that idea! After lengthy discussions, the decision was made to postpone the meeting to 2021 and to organize it as an online meeting.
Despite practical issues and a less ideal setting (online meetings are not the best way to stimulate discussions and start-up collaborations), an almost regular meeting was organized with as central topic Translating research into practice and policy: Health economics. Pre-recorded lectures were made available online for the participants to watch before the interactive live panel discussions with the speakers at a time convenient for participants from around the world, an opportunity not possible for in-person meetings.
The meeting in this unique format allowed participants from different continents to connect simultaneously. The meeting counted on the exceptional contribution of John P. A. Ioannidis, one of the distinguished speakers of this unique event.
Event Schedule
Scientific Program & Workshops
12:30-13:30
Registration
13:30-14:00
Opening
Introductions
Introductions
14:00-14:55
Keynote 1
Preventing immortal time and other biases in observational studies via the target trial methodology
Preventing immortal time and other biases in observational studies via the target trial methodology
15:00-15:15
1. Diagnostic imaging studies: more observations or more observers?
By Ralf Schultze
15:15-15:30
2. Does Informed Consent Prevent School-Based Caries Prevention Programs from Successfully Targeting High Risk Populations? A Longitudinal Study of Medicaid Claims Data with Clinical Oral Health Data
By Shulamite Huang
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:15
3. Estimating the causal effect of number of teeth on critical outcomes of COVID-19: Based on three different propensity score methods
By Naichuan Su
16:15-16:30
4. Regular dental attendance in children has long term benefit in adulthood: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
By Aina Najwa Mohd Khairuddin
16:30-16:45
5. Inequality of children’s oral health in the UK can be mediated by lifestyle behaviours
By Ke Zhou
16:45-17:00
6. Higher prevalence of tooth loss in people with abdominal obesity: findings from the US and Scottish non-obese population
By Jin Κang
10:00-10:15
1. Small Sample Considerations for Within-Person Trials in Dentistry
By Caroline Kristunas
10:15-10:30
2. Is sample size reporting adequate in orthodontic clinical trials?
By Sajjad Alipour Shoari
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:45
Keynote 3
Oral health research: some critical reflections
Oral health research: some critical reflections
By Dominique Declerck
11:45-12:00
3. ACES – a new framework for the application of the 2018 periodontitis classification scheme to epidemiological survey data
By Birte Holtfreter
12:00-12:15
4. Analytical Strategies for Dental Questionnaire Outputs: Lessons from the German Child Oral Health Impact Profile
By Christiane Pink
12:15-12:30
5. Proteo-genomic identification of drug targets for periodontitis
By Zoheir Alayash
12:30-12:45
6. Association between kindergarten dental outreach service and untreated decay in primary teeth among primary school students in Hong Kong
By May Chun Mei Won
12:45-14:00
Lunch at Sitem
14:00-14:55
Keynote 4
Quality and equality in dental research: Perspective from the Journal of Dental Research
Quality and equality in dental research: Perspective from the Journal of Dental Research
15:00-15:15
7. Data sharing and transparency indicators in published RCTs in Oral Health between 2017 and 2023
By Despina Koletsi
15:15-15:30
8. Predatory publishing: an ongoing issue against quality scientisic research
By Tsitsopoulou Antonia
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:15
9. The presence and characteristics of ‘spin’ among the abstracts of trials in dentistry: A series of methodological studies
By Fang Hua
16:15-16:30
10. Level of evidence of clinical studies published in 5 leading orthodontic journals
By Heng Ho
16:30-16:45
11. Selective outcome reporting in randomized controlled trials among leading dental specialty journals: A methodological study
By Feiyang Guo
16:45-17:00
12. Challenges in AI Research within Orthodontics
By Thikriat Al-Jewair
President’s Message
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the 10th Congress in Methodological Issues in Oral Health Research that will be held in Bern, Switzerland, September 2024.
This congress will build on the tradition of the previous congresses and will provide the opportunity for the participants to learn the latest trends in approaches to improve the quality of oral health research. Professor Declerk will discuss the current status of the research in oral health in “Oral
health: some critical reflections”. As most of the published studies in Oral Health are observational, it is important that those studies are conducted in a manner that assures that they are both valid and useful to the patient. Professor Zwahlen will discuss observational studies in “Preventing immortal time and other biases in observational studies via the target trial methodology”.
Clinical decisions should utilize all available evidence, that under certain conditions, can be quantitatively combined to provide more precise estimates of treatment effects and resolve possible controversies arising from individual studies. Modern evidence synthesis approaches will be presented by Professor Mavridis in “Pairwise and network meta-analysis”. A relatively recent development is our understanding of the lack of reproducibility and replicability in biomedical research and the unfortunate consequence of research waste. These topics will be addressed by Professor Held in “Issues in Reproducibility and Replicability” and Professor Jakubovics in “Quality and equality in dental research: Perspective from the Journal of Dental Research”.
Researchers and students will have the opportunity to present their work in short oral presentations or posters.
Bern is a beautiful, medieval UNESCO heritage city, easily accessible in the heart of Europe. It has an interesting history and idyllic sights within the city limits and surrounding areas. September is an ideal month to visit to combine science with pleasure!
I am looking forward to welcoming you to this valuable event.
Nikolaos Pandis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BERN
President of the 10th MIOHR Congress
Preliminary Program Overview
12:30-13:30
Registration
13:30-14:00
Opening
Introductions
Introductions
14:00-14:55
Keynote 1
Preventing immortal time and other biases in observational studies via the target trial methodology
Preventing immortal time and other biases in observational studies via the target trial methodology
15:00-15:15
1. Diagnostic imaging studies: more observations or more observers?
By Ralf Schultze
15:15-15:30
2. Does Informed Consent Prevent School-Based Caries Prevention Programs from Successfully Targeting High Risk Populations? A Longitudinal Study of Medicaid Claims Data with Clinical Oral Health Data
By Shulamite Huang
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:15
3. Estimating the causal effect of number of teeth on critical outcomes of COVID-19: Based on three different propensity score methods
By Naichuan Su
16:15-16:30
4. Regular dental attendance in children has long term benefit in adulthood: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
By Aina Najwa Mohd Khairuddin
16:30-16:45
5. Inequality of children’s oral health in the UK can be mediated by lifestyle behaviours
By Ke Zhou
16:45-17:00
6. Higher prevalence of tooth loss in people with abdominal obesity: findings from the US and Scottish non-obese population
By Jin Κang
10:00-10:15
1. Small Sample Considerations for Within-Person Trials in Dentistry
By Caroline Kristunas
10:15-10:30
2. Is sample size reporting adequate in orthodontic clinical trials?
By Sajjad Alipour Shoari
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:45
Keynote 3
Oral health research: some critical reflections
Oral health research: some critical reflections
By Dominique Declerck
11:45-12:00
3. ACES – a new framework for the application of the 2018 periodontitis classification scheme to epidemiological survey data
By Birte Holtfreter
12:00-12:15
4. Analytical Strategies for Dental Questionnaire Outputs: Lessons from the German Child Oral Health Impact Profile
By Christiane Pink
12:15-12:30
5. Proteo-genomic identification of drug targets for periodontitis
By Zoheir Alayash
12:30-12:45
6. Association between kindergarten dental outreach service and untreated decay in primary teeth among primary school students in Hong Kong
By May Chun Mei Won
12:45-14:00
Lunch at Sitem
14:00-14:55
Keynote 4
Quality and equality in dental research: Perspective from the Journal of Dental Research
Quality and equality in dental research: Perspective from the Journal of Dental Research
15:00-15:15
7. Data sharing and transparency indicators in published RCTs in Oral Health between 2017 and 2023
By Despina Koletsi
15:15-15:30
8. Predatory publishing: an ongoing issue against quality scientisic research
By Tsitsopoulou Antonia
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:15
9. The presence and characteristics of ‘spin’ among the abstracts of trials in dentistry: A series of methodological studies
By Fang Hua
16:15-16:30
10. Level of evidence of clinical studies published in 5 leading orthodontic journals
By Heng Ho
16:30-16:45
11. Selective outcome reporting in randomized controlled trials among leading dental specialty journals: A methodological study
By Feiyang Guo
16:45-17:00
12. Challenges in AI Research within Orthodontics
By Thikriat Al-Jewair
10:00-10:15
1. Non-pharmacological dental and medical interventions for sleep apnea adults with regard to their type, severity, and comorbidities: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized trials
By Spyridon Papageorgiou
10:15-10:30
2. Honorary authorship in publications in health sciences is highly prevalent: A systematic review and meta-analysis
By Davide Cavagnetto
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:15
3. The Interpretation of Sub-Group Analyses in Orthodontic Meta-Analysis
By Jadbinder Seehra
11:15-11:30
4. Most meta-analyses in oral health do not have conclusive and robust results
By Zaharias Tatas
11:30-11:45
5. Genetic risk factors in periodontitis: a Genome-wide association study using the UK biobank data
By Chenyi Gao
11:45-12:00
6. Agreement analysis for three or more methods by multivariate models with random coefficients
By Jan Danz
12:00-12:45
Round Table-Closing remarks
Keynote Speakers
Dominique Declerck
Research group Population Studies in Oral Health (PSiOH), Department Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Leo Held
Full Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dimitris Mavridis
Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Ioannina, Greece
Nicholas S Jakubovics
Professor of Oral Microbiology at the Newcastle University, UK
Marcel Zwahlen
associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the institute of social and preventive medicine (ISPM) in Bern, Switzerland
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André Schroeder Auditorium (ASA)
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Freiburgstrasse 7
3010 Bern
Switzerland
EVENT DATES
9-11 September
2024
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