The Trend of Analytical Approaches in Dental Research.

Objectives: The aims of this article are to examine statistical approaches employed in international dental articles published in 2018 and 2019, as well as to examine relationships among analytical approaches, journal rankings, and types of research.

Materials And Methods: International dental journals published in 2018 and 2019 were selected from the four quartiles (Q1-Q4) of journal rankings using a stratified random sampling. All original articles in a randomly sampled issue of each selected journal were reviewed to explore employed statistical approaches and to examine relationships among analytical approaches, journal rankings, and types of research.