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ArticleJournal of conservative dentistry : JCD

Comparing the antimicrobial efficacy of pediocin with chlorhexidine and calcium hydroxide as intracanal medicaments against persistent root canal infections.

Hui Ying Ooi, Wan Yi Tee, Fabian Davamani, Venkateshbabu Nagendrababu

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Article in Journal of conservative dentistry : JCD. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hui Ying OoiSchool of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wan Yi TeeSchool of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fabian DavamaniDivision of Applied Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Venkateshbabu NagendrababuDivision of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this study is to compare the antimicrobial activity of pediocin with chlorhexidine (CHX) and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH) MATERIALS AND

methodsThe prepared root canals of 80 teeth were contaminated with

resultsThere was no bacterial growth in samples treated with pediocin, CHX, or Ca(OH)

conclusionIn this laboratory experimental model, pediocin exhibited the same antimicrobial properties against

Indexed as

Calcium hydroxidechlorhexidineEnterococcus faecalisStaphylococcus epidermidis

Identifiers

PMID31367106
PMCPMC6632618
OpenAlexW2960987613

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