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SynthesisPediatric dentistry2019

Prevention of Demineralization Around Orthodontic Brackets Using Sealants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Divesh Sardana, Sheetal Manchanda, Manikandan Ekambaram, Yanqi Yang, Colman P McGrath, Cynthia K Y Yiu

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Synthesis in Pediatric dentistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Divesh SardanaSardana is a research postgraduate student, Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Sheetal ManchandaManchanda is a research postgraduate student, Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Manikandan EkambaramDr. Ekambaram is a senior lecturer, Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Yanqi YangDr. Yang is a clinical associate professor, Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Colman P McGrathDr. McGrath is a clinical professor, Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Cynthia K Y YiuDr. Yiu is a clinical professor, Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China;, Email: ckyyiu@hkucc.hk.
University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Orthodontic BracketsDental CareDental EnamelDental MaterialsHumansOdds RatioDental Materials

Identifiers

PMID31882028
OpenAlexW3003507052

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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