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ArticleJournal of nature and science2017

Advancing Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites above Critical Length for Replacing Current Dental Composites and Amalgam.

Richard C Petersen

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Article in Journal of nature and science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard C PetersenDepartment of Restorative Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Oral Health Research TrainingT32DE014300 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI REDDY, MICHAEL S · 2001 to 2006
$1.2M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN DENTAL MATERIALS SCIENCET32DE007042 · NIDCR · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MESSERSMITH, PHILLIP B · 1985 to 2001
$61k
NIDCR NIH HHS T32 DE007042NIDCR NIH HHS T32 DE014300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinicians have been aware that posterior dental particulate-filled composites (PFCs) have many placement disadvantages and indeed fail clinically at an average rate faster than amalgam alloys. Secondary caries is most commonly identified as the chief failure mechanism for both dental PFCs and amalgam. In terms of a solution, fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) above critical length (L

Indexed as

AmalgamCritical Length (Lc)Fiber-Reinforced Composite (FRC)Particulate-filled composite (PFC)

Identifiers

PMID28691101
PMCPMC5501257
OpenAlexW2593830842

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Registered trials

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