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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Management of cracked tooth using simvastatin as intracanal medicament.

Mohamed Fawzy, Hatem A Alhadainy, Muhammad Salah-Uddin, Saleem Abdulrab

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Treatment of cracked teeth: A comprehensive narrative review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2022
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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

4 authors.

Mohamed FawzyDepartment of Endodonics College of Dentistry Tanta University Tanta Egypt.
Hatem A AlhadainyDepartment of Endodonics College of Dentistry Tanta University Tanta Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-418X
Muhammad Salah-UddinDepartment of Endodonics College of Dentistry Tanta University Tanta Egypt.
Saleem AbdulrabMadinat Khalifa Health Center Primary Health Care Corporation Doha Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0419-2612

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cracked tooth syndrome is presented as pain associated with biting and sensitivity. Intracanal medication with simvastatin stimulates hard tissue formation at crack line, and the tooth was functioning on the follow-ups.

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cracked toothintracanal medicamentsimvastatin

Identifiers

PMID33363877
PMCPMC7752355

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