Critical Appraisal of Reporting Randomized Clinical Trials Published in Iranian Dental Journals During 2003-2010

Objective: considering the importance of randomized clinical trials (rcts) in the evidence-based approach, the objective of this study was critical appraisal of re-porting rcts in iranian dental journals.materials and methods: after adequate searching, 113 rct articles published during 2003-2010 were reviewed for quality of reporting with the consort scale. the quality of each paper was assessed on 20.results: although statistical analysis was described in 93.8%, acceptable methods for randomization and blinding were found in only 8% and 11.5% of the papers, respectively. reasons for withdrawal were also given in just 20.4% of the articles.conclusion: this study revealed that the quality of reporting rcts in iranian dental journals does not meet the recommended standards generally and needs to be improved.