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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Potential of Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomedical and Dental Applications.

Muhammad Zafar, Shariq Najeeb, Zohaib Khurshid, Masoud Vazirzadeh, Sana Zohaib, Bilal Najeeb, Farshid Sefat

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Muhammad ZafarDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Madina Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia. MZAFAR@taibahu.edu.sa.
Shariq NajeebDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Al Farabi Colleges, King Abdullah Road, Riyadh 11313, Saudi Arabia. shariqnajeeb@gmail.com.
Zohaib KhurshidSchool of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. drzohaibkhurshid@gmail.com.
Masoud VazirzadehDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran. m.vaziri@sci.ui.ac.ir.
Sana ZohaibDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Faisal University, Al-Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia. szohaib@kfu.edu.sa.
Bilal NajeebSchool of Dentistry, Riyadh College of Dentistry and Pharmacy, P.O. Box 84891, Riyadh 11313, Saudi Arabia. bilal.n.karshe@student.riyadh.edu.sa.
Farshid SefatDepartment of Medical Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK. F.Sefat1@Bradford.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrospinning is a versatile technique that has gained popularity for various biomedical applications in recent years. Electrospinning is being used for fabricating nanofibers for various biomedical and dental applications such as tooth regeneration, wound healing and prevention of dental caries. Electrospun materials have the benefits of unique properties for instance, high surface area to volume ratio, enhanced cellular interactions, protein absorption to facilitate binding sites for cell receptors. Extensive research has been conducted to explore the potential of electrospun nanofibers for repair and regeneration of various dental and oral tissues including dental pulp, dentin, periodontal tissues, oral mucosa and skeletal tissues. However, there are a few limitations of electrospinning hindering the progress of these materials to practical or clinical applications. In terms of biomaterials aspects, the better understanding of controlled fabrication, properties and functioning of electrospun materials is required to overcome the limitations. More

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dental materialsdentistrynanomaterialsnanotechnologyregenerationtissue engineering

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PMID28787871
PMCPMC5456492

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