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ReviewMicroorganisms2020

Antibacterial Activity of Silver and Its Application in Dentistry, Cardiology and Dermatology.

Jasminka Talapko, Tatjana Matijević, Martina Juzbašić, Arlen Antolović-Požgain, Ivana Škrlec

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Review in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Use of Antimicrobial Silver Coatings on Fixed Orthodontic Appliances, Including Archwires, Brackets, and Microimplants: A Systematic Review.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024
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  9. Antibacterial effect, antiadherence, and antiacidogenicity properties of a dental varnish containing silver nanoparticles: an in vitro study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  10. A Modified Bioceramic Sealer with Dual Antibacterial Mechanisms.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

5 authors.

Jasminka TalapkoFaculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
Tatjana MatijevićDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
Martina JuzbašićFaculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
Arlen Antolović-PožgainFaculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
Ivana ŠkrlecFaculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-1842-930X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The problem of antimicrobial resistance is increasingly present and requires the discovery of new antimicrobial agents. Although the healing features of silver have been recognized since ancient times, silver has not been used due to newly discovered antibiotics. Thanks to technology development, a significant step forward has been made in silver nanoparticles research. Nowadays, silver nanoparticles are a frequent target of researchers to find new and better drugs. Namely, there is a need for silver nanoparticles as alternative antibacterial nanobiotics. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), depending on their size and shape, also have different antimicrobial activity. In addition to their apparent antibacterial activity, AgNPs can serve as drug delivery systems and have anti-thrombogenic, anti-platelet, and anti-hypertensive properties. Today they are increasingly used in clinical medicine and dental medicine. This paper presents silver antimicrobial activity and its use in dentistry, cardiology, and dermatology, where it has an extensive range of effects.

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antibacterial activitycardiologydentistrydermatologysilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID32932967
PMCPMC7565656

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