El–Rabbany M, et al. – The present study was undertaken to evaluate the quality of therapeutic meta–analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on dental–related topics and to investigate how quality has changed over time. In spite of the fact that the quality of meta–analyses of RCTs has been increasing since the start of the millennium, there remains substantial room for improvement within all aspects of systematic review reporting and methodology. Therefore, it is critical for clinicians to take care when reading systematic reviews and meta–analyses, ensuring that the principals of critical appraisal are applied when interpreting meta–analyses of RCTs.