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Trial reportLasers in medical science2020

Efficacy of CO lasers in preventing dental caries in partially erupted first permanent molars: a randomized 18-month clinical trial.

Cristina Bueno Brandão, Silmara Aparecida Milori Corona, Carolina Paes Torres, Alessandra Afonso Côrrea-Marques, Maria Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Maria Cristina Borsatto

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Cristina Bueno BrandãoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Silmara Aparecida Milori CoronaDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Carolina Paes TorresDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Alessandra Afonso Côrrea-MarquesDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Conceição Pereira SaraivaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Cristina BorsattoDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. borsatto@forp.usp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-1590
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this controlled randomized double-blinded clinical trial was to evaluate the use of a CO

Indexed as

ChildDental CariesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceLasers, GasMaleMolarPit and Fissure SealantsProportional Hazards ModelsTooth EruptionTreatment OutcomePit and Fissure SealantsClinical trialCO2 laserEnamelFluoridePit and fissure sealants

Identifiers

PMID31970563
OpenAlexW3002011285

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