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Historical evolution of the TMJ prosthesis292The initial search returned 7122 published articles. Subsequently, the number of articles was reduced by removing all duplicates, after which titles and abstracts of the remaining articles were screened on their content and relevance to the search. In case of any uncertainty, a second reviewer was called on to evaluate the title or abstract as well. This process led to the exclusion of 7036 articles. After examining the final 86 articles and confirming the quality of these studies, excluding any level V studies, 20 articles were included in the systematic review. An additional 21 articles were identified by manually searching the reference lists of the included articles. These articles mainly concerned the original articles of the different prostheses reported over time. The search results are summarized in a PRISMA flow chart in Fig. 1. Considering the need for historical accuracy, a few original articles concerning early implant systems could not be excluded for obvious reasons, even when they attained only level V for quality; these studies are marked “H”.,6:fi/!7, !1:&! ffD fl8flfffl7!7!fl6fi+?ff! !186fl/X1pdfgY/7!A,!6X1pgdifY,/!DX1pdikkYA, ,44,1fi2<X1pddefY2fi+6fl1!X1pdgY,6:fi/!7fl)!66!02Afl/2$ ?4/,fifl8!7fl1 7fi6!!1,1*2$flff786flfi87X1pkiY6:fi/!7,1fi/? ! ,18+!7D78!0fl:fi6!A,!BX1pgdY, ,:21fl/fl6:fi/!7, !1:&! ffD+fl1 U7!fl6fi+X1pedY !1:&fifl:21 fi6!!1,1* /,*,ff,/,8D 1fi/? ! ,6:fi/!7!Cfi/? ! X1pjcfiY?//U8!C8fl6:fi/!77fi6!!1! $26!/,*,ff,/,8DX1pkiY?//U8!C8fl6:fi/!7!Cfi/? ! X1piiYFig. 1: PRISMA flow chartNikolas de Meurechy NW.indd 29 05-06-2024 10:14
