Table 4.
Study design in relation to knowledge domain for the Brazilian journal.
| Knowledge domain | Design | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | Non-rand. clinical trial | Rand. clinical trial | In vitro lab. | In vivo lab. | Cross sect. | Case report | Literature review | Case series | Others | |
| Skeletal anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Temporomandibular joint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cariology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surgery | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Treatment devices | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Imaging | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dental malocclusion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Dental material | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Orthodontic mechanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Morphology | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Retention | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oral pathology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Follow-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bone and root resorption | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |