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ReviewJournal of oral biology and craniofacial research

Clinical efficacy of mouth exercising devices in oral submucous fibrosis: A systematic review.

Shailesh M Gondivkar, Amol R Gadbail, Sachin C Sarode, Rima S Gondivkar, Shankargouda Patil, Rahul N Gaikwad, Monal Yuwanati

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Review in Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for managing oral submucous fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  5. Comparative Study of Injection Triamcinolone and Hyaluronidase Combination with Injection Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in Management of Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF).Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Shailesh M GondivkarDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Amol R GadbailDepartment of Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India.
Sachin C SarodeDepartment of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra State, India.
Rima S Gondivkar# 301, Aarti Regency, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Manewada Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India.
Shankargouda PatilDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Rahul N GaikwadDepartment of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Monal YuwanatiDepartment of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, People's College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune · INGovernment Dental College and Hospital · INIndira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital · INJazan University · SAPeople’s University · INQassim University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe management of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is primarily focused towards minimizing patient's symptoms and to prevent cancer development. Mouth exercise physiotherapy independently or in combination with other modalities is considered to be a mainstay for increasing the mouth opening (MO). The present systematic review was performed to identify different mouth exercising devices (MEDs) used and to provide detailed information on the fabrication and clinical efficacy of these devices among OSF patients.

methodsPubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and CINAHL were searched for relevant literature until February 2019 and the information was extracted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. All full text papers describing use of MED in OSF patients were considered eligible.

resultsInitial search resulted in 88 hits. After removing duplicates and screening of titles and abstracts, five papers that met the inclusion criteria were included. We identified five MEDs used for increasing the MO in OSF patients. Only one study administered additional treatment with topical steroids, oral antioxidants and ice-cream stick regime. The follow-up across studies ranged from 8 weeks to 6 months. Majority of the studies reported significant improvement in the MO without any relapse and side effects.

conclusionsMED could play an important role in the management of OSF. Limited researches in this area suggest a dire need for the further investigations using randomized controlled trials.

Indexed as

Mouth exercising deviceOral physiotherapyOral submucous fibrosis

Identifiers

PMID32714782
PMCPMC7371900
OpenAlexW3038338574

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