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Table 1 PICOS format

From: Factors influencing an eruption of teeth associated with a dentigerous cyst: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Parameter

Inclusion criteria

Population

Patients of any age, gender and ethnicity with the teeth associated with dentigerous cysts

Intervention

Spontaneous tooth eruption after surgical DC treatment

Comparison

Lack of a spontaneous tooth eruption after surgical DC treatment

Outcome

Time to eruption; factors potentially influencing spontaneous tooth eruption, e.g. root formation stage, tooth angulation, distance between the top of a tooth cusp and the edge of the alveolar process, cyst area, eruption space, age, gender

Study design

Randomized clinical trials (RCT), prospective controlled clinical trials (CCT), case series, observational studies, review articles, and retrospective studies; published in English