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ReviewPolymers2016

Biodegradable Polymer Membranes Applied in Guided Bone/Tissue Regeneration: A Review.

Jiaolong Wang, Lina Wang, Ziyu Zhou, Hanjian Lai, Pan Xu, Lan Liao, Junchao Wei

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Review in Polymers, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Materials advances in GTR membrane: A comprehensive review.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 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

7 authors.

Jiaolong WangDepartment of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China. 406531513386@email.ncu.edu.cn.
Lina WangCollege of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China. linawang@nit.edu.cn.
Ziyu ZhouDepartment of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China. 406531514649@email.ncu.edu.cn.
Hanjian LaiCollege of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China. 5901213058@email.ncu.edu.cn.
Pan XuCollege of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China. 5503113042@email.ncu.edu.cn.
Lan LiaoDepartment of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China. liaolan5106@ncu.edu.cn.
Junchao WeiCollege of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China. weijunchao@ncu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymer membranes have been widely used in guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and guided bone regeneration (GBR). In this review, various commercially available membranes are described. Much attention is paid to the recent development of biodegradable polymers applied in GTR and GBR, and the important issues of biodegradable polymeric membranes, including their classification, latest experimental research and clinical applications, as well as their main challenges are addressed. Herein, natural polymers, synthetic polymers and their blends are all introduced. Pure polymer membranes are biodegradable and biocompatible, but they lack special properties such as antibacterial properties, osteoconductivity, and thus polymer membranes loaded with functional materials such as antibacterial agents and growth factors show many more advantages and have also been introduced in this review. Despite there still being complaints about polymer membranes, such as their low mechanical properties, uncontrollable degradation speed and some other drawbacks, these problems will undoubtedly be conquered and biodegradable polymers will have more applications in GTR and GBR.

Indexed as

biodegradable polymercollagenGBRGTRmembranepolylactide

Identifiers

PMID30979206
PMCPMC6431950

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