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ArticleDentistry journal2018

Effect of Violet-Blue Light on Streptococcus mutans-Induced Enamel Demineralization.

Grace Gomez Felix Gomez, Frank Lippert, Masatoshi Ando, Andrea Ferreira Zandona, George J Eckert, Richard L Gregory

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Photoinhibition ofDentistry journal · 2019
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Grace Gomez Felix GomezDepartment of Biomedical and Applied Sciences, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. gfelixgo@iupui.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8729-2277
Frank LippertDepartment of Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. flippert@iu.edu.
Masatoshi AndoDepartment of Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. mando@iu.edu.
Andrea Ferreira ZandonaDepartment of Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. azandona@email.unc.edu.
George J EckertDepartment of Biostatistics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. geckert@iu.edu.
Richard L GregoryDepartment of Biomedical and Applied Sciences, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. rgregory@iu.edu.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis in vitro study determined the effectiveness of violet-blue light (405 nm) on inhibiting MATERIALS AND

methods

resultsThe results demonstrated a significant reduction in CFUs between treated and non-treated groups grown with/without 1% sucrose. ∆

conclusionsWithin the limitations of the study, the results indicate that violet-blue light can serve as an adjunct prophylactic treatment for reducing

Indexed as

dental cariesphototherapyStreptococcus mutansviolet-blue light

Identifiers

PMID29565266
PMCPMC6023538
OpenAlexW2791130221

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