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ArticleInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry

Comparative evaluation of 0.2% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash, Xylitol Chewing Gum, and Combination of 0.2% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash and Xylitol Chewing Gum on Salivary

Meena Syed, Radhika Chopra, Vandana Shrivastava, Vinod Sachdev

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Article in International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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, 13 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meena SyedPostgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, ITS Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Radhika ChopraReader, Department of Pedodontics, ITS Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vandana ShrivastavaAssociate Professor, Department of Microbiology, ITS Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vinod SachdevProfessor,Department of Pedodontics, ITS Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Santosh University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo assess the effect of combining 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash with xylitol (XYL) chewing gum on MATERIALS AND

methodsSixty children aged 8 to 12 years were selected with moderate and high salivary S.

resultsThe XYL+CHX group showed the maximum reduction in both the biofilm and S.

conclusionThe XYL+CHX combination reduced both the biofilm and S. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Syed M, Chopra R, Shrivastava V, Sachdev V. Comparative evaluation of 0.2% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash, Xylitol Chewing Gum, and Combination of 0.2% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash and Xylitol Chewing Gum on Salivary

Indexed as

BiofilmChlorhexidineStreptococcus mutansXylitol.

Identifiers

PMID28127162
PMCPMC5233697
OpenAlexW2565611960

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