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ArticlePaediatrics & child health2019

Teething necklaces and bracelets pose significant danger to infants and toddlers.

Farah Abdulsatar, Doreen Matsui, Michael Miller, Sepideh Taheri

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Article in Paediatrics & child health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A study of Facebook comments regarding amber teething necklaces: insights into public perception.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
    Article
  2. Knowledge and experiences of families regarding amber necklaces.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023
    Article
  3. Use of the amber teething necklace by the child population: risks versus benefits.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Farah AbdulsatarDepartment of Paediatrics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Doreen MatsuiDepartment of Paediatrics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Michael MillerChildren's Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
Sepideh TaheriDepartment of Paediatrics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID30996608
PMCPMC6462135

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