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ArticleJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery2020

Efficacy of Prednisolone Mouthwash in Management of Grade III Oral Submucous Fibrosis: A Newer Drug Regimen.

Abhay Datarkar, Abhishek Akare, Shikha Tayal

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Article in Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

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

  1. Interventions for managing oral submucous fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abhay DatarkarDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College & Hospital, Medical Campus, Medical Square, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440003 India.
Abhishek AkareDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College & Hospital, Medical Campus, Medical Square, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440003 India.
Shikha TayalDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College & Hospital, Medical Campus, Medical Square, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440003 India.ORCID 0000-0002-6666-9458
Government Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis clinical randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of prednisolone mouthwash as a treatment modality for moderately advanced cases of oral submucous fibrosis. MATERIALS AND

methodSixty-four patients were enrolled for the study and randomized into two groups (

resultsThe average increased mouth opening achieved was 10.46 mm (

conclusionWe conclude that in our trial, prednisolone mouthwash with antioxidants was seen to be efficacious, safe, and reliable in the management of oral submucous fibrosis.

Indexed as

Advanced casesAntioxidantInterincisal mouth openingMouthwashOral submucous fibrosisOSFosmfPrednisolonePrednisone

Identifiers

PMID33071501
PMCPMC7524902
OpenAlexW2947912501

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