Improving clinical trials in dentistry.

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.

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.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Evidence and risk indicators of non-random sampling in clinical trials in implant dentistry: A systematic appraisal.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2022
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2. Translating Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Regenerative Medicine Innovations to the Clinic through Interdisciplinary Commercial Translation Architecture.Journal of dental research · 2021
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3. Using big data to promote precision oral health in the context of a learning healthcare system.Journal of public health dentistry · 2020
   Review
4. Randomized clinical trials in dentistry: Risks of bias, risks of random errors, reporting quality, and methodologic quality over the years 1955-2013.PloS one · 2017
   Article

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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