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ArticleElectronic physician2017

Comparison of antimicrobial effects of titanium tetrafluoride, chlorhexidine, xylitol and sodium fluoride on

Tahereh Eskandarian, Mohammad Motamedifar, Peyman Arasteh, Seyed Sajad Eghbali, Ali Adib, Zahra Abdoli

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Article in Electronic physician, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tahereh EskandarianM.Sc., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohammad MotamedifarPh.D. of Bacteriology, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Peyman ArastehMD-MPH Undergraduate, Non communicable Disease Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
Seyed Sajad EghbaliMD., Pathologist, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Ali AdibStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Zahra AbdoliPedodontist, Resident of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNo studies have yet documented the bactericidal effects of TiF4, and its role in the treatment of dental caries, and no definite protocol has been introduced to regulate its use. The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial/bactericidal effects of TiF4 on

methodsThis study was conducted at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences microbiology laboratory during March 2015 to September 2015. In this in-vitro study, first a bacterial suspension was prepared and adjusted to a 0.5 McFarland standard (equivalent to 1×10

resultsThe MIC of TiF4, NaF and Chx for

conclusionTiF4 solutions have anti-growth and bactericidal effects on

Indexed as

AntimicrobialCariesChlorhexidineSodium fluorideTitanium tetrafluorideXylitol

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PMID28461883
PMCPMC5407241
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