The ethical validity of this study has been analyzed and approved by the Andalusian Government Committee for Clinical Trials, following the approval of the corresponding Research Commission at each of the participating Clinics.
But patents are not an up-to-date barometer of the economy, either, since most take more than two years to be analyzed and approved.
Mr. Dickinson said the examiners who analyze and approve patents would be required to search databases to look for "prior art," or existing evidence of a business method.
The teeth used in this study were obtained under Protocol No. 83/06/07, which was analyzed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Paraiba.
All authors have taken part in the discussion and meeting and have critically analyzed and approved the final manuscript.
All experiments have been performed in compliance with the Spanish and European Union laws on animal care in experimentation (Council Directive 86/609/EEC) and have been analyzed and approved by the Animal Experimentation Committee of our University.
The remaining eight articles were fully analyzed and approved by both reviewers and had the extraction of data from each RCT (Mutimura et al., 2008 [ 24]; Hand et al., 2008 [ 25]; Pérez-Moreno [ 26]; Dolan et al., 2006 [ 27] Fillipas et al., 2006 [ 28]; Driscoll et al., 2004 [ 29]; Rojas et al., 2003 [ 30]. Rigsby et al., 1992 [ 31]).
