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ReviewJournal of dental research2017

Developing a New Generation of Antimicrobial and Bioactive Dental Resins.

L Cheng, K Zhang, N Zhang, M A S Melo, M D Weir, X D Zhou, Y X Bai, M A Reynolds, H H K Xu

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Review in Journal of dental research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 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

65 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

L Cheng1 State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
K Zhang2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.
N Zhang2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.
M A S Melo2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.
M D Weir2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.
X D Zhou1 State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Y X Bai3 Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
M A Reynolds2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.
H H K Xu2 Department of Endodontics, Periodontics, and Prosthodontics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

Development of high performance, caries-inhibiting dental nano-materialsR01DE017974 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI XU, HUAKUN · 2008 to 2011
$1.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental caries is prevalent, and secondary caries causes restoration failures. This article reviews recent studies on developing a new generation of bioactive resins with anticaries properties. Extensive effects were made to develop new antimicrobial composites, bonding agents, and other resins containing quaternary ammonium methacrylates to suppress plaque buildup and bacterial acid production. The effects of alkyl chain length and charge density and the antimicrobial mechanisms for chlorhexidine, nano-silver, quaternary ammonium methacrylates, and protein-repellent agents were discussed. Synergistic effects of contact-killing and protein-repellent properties were shown to yield the greatest biofilm-inhibition effects. The combination of antimicrobial, protein-repellent, and calcium phosphate nanoparticle remineralization was suggested to provide maximal anticaries effects. In addition, for use orally, cytotoxicity and biocompatibility were important considerations for the new bioactive materials. Furthermore, rather than kill all bacteria, it would be more desirable to modulate the oral biofilm compositions via bioactive resins to suppress cariogenic/pathogenic species and promote benign species. For widespread clinical use of the new antimicrobial and therapeutic materials, whether they would induce bacterial drug resistance needs to be determined, which requires further study. Nonetheless, the new generation of bioactive anticaries resins with therapeutic and biofilm acid-inhibiting properties has the potential to substantially benefit oral health.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsBiofilmsCalcium PhosphatesCariostatic AgentsChlorhexidineDental CariesDental PlaqueHumansMethacrylatesNanoparticlesQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsResins, SyntheticAnti-Infective AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsCalcium PhosphatesCariostatic AgentsChlorhexidineMethacrylatesQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsResins, Syntheticantibacterialanti-cariescomposites and adhesivesmodulating biofilm compositionsremineralizationtherapeutic

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PMID28530844
PMCPMC5502962

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