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ReviewThe Libyan journal of medicine2014

Oral health in Libya: addressing the future challenges.

Syed Wali Peeran, Omar Basheer Altaher, Syed Ali Peeran, Fatma Mojtaba Alsaid, Marei Hamed Mugrabi, Aisha Mojtaba Ahmed, Abdulgader Grain

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Review in The Libyan journal of medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Syed Wali PeeranDepartment of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya; doctorsyedwali@yahoo.in.
Omar Basheer AltaherFaculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
Syed Ali PeeranDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesis, Faculty of Dentistry, Jezan University, Jezan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Fatma Mojtaba AlsaidFaculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
Marei Hamed MugrabiDepartment of Periodontics, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya.
Aisha Mojtaba AhmedFaculty of Medicine, Sebha University, Sebha Libya.
Abdulgader GrainDepartment of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
Sebha University · LYJazan University · SAUniversity of Benghazi · LY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Libya is a vast country situated in North Africa, having a relatively better functioning economy with a scanty population. This article is the first known attempt to review the current state of oral health care in Libya and to explore the present trends and future challenges. Libyan health system, oral health care, and human resources with the present status of dental education are reviewed comprehensively. A bibliographic study of oral health research and publications has been carried out. The results point toward a common indicator that oral health-related research is low. Strategies have to be developed to educate the medical and dental professionals, to update the current curriculum and enable the system to be competent in all aspects of oral health care management.

Indexed as

Educational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansLibyaMaleOral HealthPeriodontal DiseasesPolicy MakingPrevalencedental educationdental researchLibyaoral healthoral health careoral health research

Identifiers

PMID24666627
PMCPMC3965712
OpenAlexW1981847226

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