On the Association between Dental Implants, Osteoporosis and Bone Modulating Therapy

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors, 

you made a great work! However, some improvements are suggested before acceptance. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

thank u for your words 

i hope i did what u ask , i add the articles u ask 

i hope the article will be accepted 

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

From the title of the article I have assumed that the topic was very interesting. However, the article has serious improvements that must be done.

First of all, the article style does not respect the instructions for authors that are mandatory for this journal.

Please pay attention to the typing errors: missing ”.”, ”-” etc.

The English language must be revised by a native speaker.

The inclusion and the exclusion criteria must be written more clear.

On the exclusion criteria, the heavy smokers patients were excluded. What do you understand by ,,heavy smoker„? From which quantity of cigarettes we can discuss smoking as a negative prognostic factor? On the results section you state that smokers prevalence is 6,6%.

General comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus can affect the study?

The discussion section must be revised and write according to comparisons with the actual medical data of the scientific literature.

The administration form and the treatment duration of the medication can affect the parameters of the study?

Author Response

I hope this message finds you well.

Extensive revisions to the English language and adherence to the instructions of the journal have been made.

A definition of heavy smokers has been established, and the prevalence of smokers who are not heavy is 6.6%, as heavy smokers have been excluded.

New statistics for diabetic patients and the prevalence of these patients among the three groups have been calculated.

The duration of medication intake for patients with osteoporosis has been added.

Thank you for your constructive criticism.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 3 Report

Review for Manuscript ID: applsci-2167396 entitled " On the association between dental implants, osteoporosis and bone modulating therapy”

 

The manuscript is not well designed and there is a major flow as follows: 

 

1. Abstract is not very clear, especially the methodology, and in the result section there are not any data? 

2. There are many style errors in the whole manuscript. I think the paper needs extensive language editing.

3. line 44, define GBR. 

4. line 46, why reference in Harvard style?

5. What type of medications are used for the treatment of osteoporosis need to be added.

6. Methodology is not clear and has major flow. What type of bone augmentations used need to be added? was it one type? Because that makes a difference in the whole result. 

7. It does seem that bone augmentation has a significant effect on success rate.  But it is not clear that augmentation differs in osteoporosis and non-osteoporosis patients? 

8. the (1) non-osteoporotic patients, (2) osteoporotic patients with BMT and (3) osteoporotic patients with no treatment, are not well presented in the result. 

9. study design better to be presented as a figure. 

10. Discussion needs to be rearranged and needs further elaboration. 

 

 

 

BW, 

 

Author Response

hello ' i hope i find you well 

style errors  and paper language had been edited 

there is a defintion for GBR  in previous version in line 43(previous version )

table added for which medication and the durtion of medication intake 

 

thank u for your constructive criticism 

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors, 

you made a really great work. You have responded absolutely completely to my suggestions.

Reviewer 3 Report

NIL