critical appraisal of reporting randomized clinical trials published in iranian dental journals during 2003-2010.

considering the importance of randomized clinical trials (rcts) in the evidence-based approach, the objective of this study was critical appraisal of reporting rcts in iranian dental journals.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.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.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.