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ReviewInternational journal of oral science2018

Common dental diseases in children and malocclusion.

Jing Zou, Mingmei Meng, Clarice S Law, Yale Rao, Xuedong Zhou

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Review in International journal of oral science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
27.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Severity of malocclusion and its association with caries risk level in the primary dentition: a single-centre cross-sectional survey.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  12. Organization of Dental Care for Children, Including Those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026
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53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jing ZouState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases& National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Mingmei MengState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases& National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Clarice S LawSections of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Division of Growth and Development, UCLA School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yale RaoVictoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Xuedong ZhouState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases& National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. zhouxd@scu.edu.cn.
Sichuan University · CNState Key Laboratory of Oral DiseasesUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USVictoria General Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malocclusion is a worldwide dental problem that influences the affected individuals to varying degrees. Many factors contribute to the anomaly in dentition, including hereditary and environmental aspects. Dental caries, pulpal and periapical lesions, dental trauma, abnormality of development, and oral habits are most common dental diseases in children that strongly relate to malocclusion. Management of oral health in the early childhood stage is carried out in clinic work of pediatric dentistry to minimize the unwanted effect of these diseases on dentition. This article highlights these diseases and their impacts on malocclusion in sequence. Prevention, treatment, and management of these conditions are also illustrated in order to achieve successful oral health for children and adolescents, even for their adult stage.

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ChildHumansMalocclusionPrevalenceStomatognathic Diseases

Identifiers

PMID29540669
PMCPMC5944594
OpenAlexW2801848615

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