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ReviewJournal of dentistry2014

A review of the bioactivity of hydraulic calcium silicate cements.

Li-Na Niu, Kai Jiao, Tian-da Wang, Wei Zhang, Josette Camilleri, Brian E Bergeron, Hai-Lan Feng, Jing Mao, Ji-Hua Chen, David H Pashley and 1 more

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Review in Journal of dentistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Li-Na NiuDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Kai JiaoDepartment of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Tian-da WangDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Josette CamilleriDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Malta, Malta.
Brian E BergeronDepartment of Endodontics, College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Hai-Lan FengDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jing MaoDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ji-Hua ChenDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address: jhchen@fmmu.edu.cn.
David H PashleyCollege of Graduate Studies, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Franklin R TayDepartment of Endodontics, College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA; College of Graduate Studies, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA. Electronic address: ftay@gru.edu.
Air Force Medical University · CNPeking University · CNTongji Hospital · CNAugusta University · USGeorgia Regents Medical Center · USUniversity of Malta · MT

Funding

Reasons for poor durability of resin-dentin bondsR01DE015306 · NIDCR · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI PASHLEY, DAVID H · 2004 to 2013
$4.4M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE015306NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE015306-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn tissue regeneration research, the term "bioactivity" was initially used to describe the resistance to removal of a biomaterial from host tissues after intraosseous implantation. Hydraulic calcium silicate cements (HCSCs) are putatively accepted as bioactive materials, as exemplified by the increasing number of publications reporting that these cements produce an apatite-rich surface layer after they contact simulated body fluids.

methodsIn this review, the same definitions employed for establishing in vitro and in vivo bioactivity in glass-ceramics, and the proposed mechanisms involved in these phenomena are used as blueprints for investigating whether HCSCs are bioactive.

resultsThe literature abounds with evidence that HCSCs exhibit in vitro bioactivity; however, there is a general lack of stringent methodologies for characterizing the calcium phosphate phases precipitated on HCSCs. Although in vivo bioactivity has been demonstrated for some HCSCs, a fibrous connective tissue layer is frequently identified along the bone-cement interface that is reminiscent of the responses observed in bioinert materials, without accompanying clarifications to account for such observations.

conclusionsAs bone-bonding is not predictably achieved, there is insufficient scientific evidence to substantiate that HCSCs are indeed bioactive. Objective appraisal criteria should be developed for more accurately defining the bioactivity profiles of HCSCs designed for clinical use.

Indexed as

ApatitesBiocompatible MaterialsBone and BonesBone CementsCalcium CompoundsCalcium PhosphatesChemical PrecipitationConnective TissueHumansSilicate CementSilicatesApatitesBiocompatible MaterialsBone CementsCalcium Compoundscalcium phosphateCalcium Phosphatescalcium silicateSilicate CementSilicatesBioactivityCalcium silicateHydraulic cementIn vitroIn vivo

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PMID24440449
PMCPMC3995854
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