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Trial reportScientific reports2018

Randomized controlled clinical trial on bleaching sensitivity and whitening efficacy of hydrogen peroxide versus combinations of hydrogen peroxide and ozone.

Mahmoud K Al-Omiri, Abdullah A Al Nazeh, Andrej M Kielbassa, Edward Lynch

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effects of Ozonized Oil on At-Home Tooth Bleaching: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2026
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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 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Mahmoud K Al-OmiriDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Jordan, Queen Rania Street, Amman, 11942, Jordan.
Abdullah A Al NazehDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, King Fahad Street, Asir-Abha, 61471, Saudi Arabia.
Andrej M KielbassaCentre for Operative Dentistry, Periodontology, and Endodontology, University of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Danube Private University (DPU), Steiner Landstraße 124, 3500, Krems, Austria. andrej.kielbassa@dp-uni.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7493-2175
Edward LynchBiomedical and Clinical Research, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada (UNLV), 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106-4124, United States of America.
Danube Private University · ATKing Khalid University · SAUniversity of Jordan · JOUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical efficacy regarding bleaching sensitivity and tooth shade lightening using a standard hydrogen peroxide (H

Indexed as

AdultColorColorimetryDental CareDentin SensitivityFemaleHumansHydrogen PeroxideMaleOzoneToothTooth BleachingTooth Bleaching AgentsTreatment OutcomeHydrogen PeroxideOzoneTooth Bleaching Agents

Identifiers

PMID29402954
PMCPMC5799293
OpenAlexW2805210065

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