Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16934116›Full record

ArticleBMC oral health2006

Biomaterials approaches to combating oral biofilms and dental disease.

James D Bryers, Buddy D Ratner

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Article in BMC oral health, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. [Replacement of infected knee and hip endoprostheses].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2010
    Review
  3. Medical biofilms.Biotechnology and bioengineering · 2008
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

James D BryersDepartment of Bioengineering, Biomaterials (UWEB) Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. jbryers@u.washington.edu
Buddy D Ratner

Funding

Periodontal Biomaterials with BITE (Biofilm Immunity with Tissue Engineering)R01DE018701 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BRYERS, JAMES D. · 2008 to 2019
$5.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE018701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPossibilities for biomaterials to impact the dental caries epidemic are reviewed with emphasis placed on novel delivery biomaterials and new therapeutic targets.

Identifiers

PMID16934116
PMCPMC2147597

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