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ArticleJournal of dentistry2017

Reprint of: A new definition for oral health supported by FDI opens the door to a universal definition of oral health.

Michael Glick, David M Williams, Dushanka V Kleinman, Marko Vujicic, Richard G Watt, Robert J Weyant

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Article in Journal of dentistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Psychosocial Impact on Gingival Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIGAQ): The Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Results in a Spanish Adult Population. An Observational and Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2025
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  6. Ethnic background and children's oral health-related quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Michael GlickState University of New York, University at Buffalo, USA. Electronic address: glickm@buffalo.edu.
David M WilliamsInstitute of Dentistry, Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Dushanka V KleinmanSchool of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA.
Marko VujicicHealth Policy Institute, American Dental Association, USA.
Richard G WattDepartment of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, UK.
Robert J WeyantDepartment of Dental Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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