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ReviewJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Are dentists involved in the treatment of obesity?

Mohamed Y Kharma, Ghassan Aws, Bassel Tarakji

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Review in Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed Y KharmaDepartment Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria, KSA; Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Farabi Colleges, KSA.
Ghassan AwsDepartment of Oral Science, Al-Farabi Colleges, KSA.
Bassel TarakjiDepartment of Oral Medicine, Al-Farabi Colleges, KSA.
Al-Farabi College · SAUniversity of Aleppo · SY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The morbidity and mortality associated with being overweight or obese have been known to the medical profession to be related with an increased risk of associated diseases. This article provides an overview of obesity and addresses possible strategies for the management of this important public health concern. This narrative review sheds light on the problem of obesity and the necessity of professional oral health care to work in partnership with the medical team for managing obesity. In this regard, general dental practitioners should at least reinforce their knowledge regarding obesity and understand their potential role in the treatment and management of obese patients.

Indexed as

Dentistjaw wiringobesityoverweight

Identifiers

PMID27382531
PMCPMC4916789
OpenAlexW2417026189

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Registered trials

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