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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Association of Graphene Silver Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) with Photodynamic Therapy for Inactivation of Halitosis Responsible Bacteria in Denture Wearers.

Cecilia Bacali, Rahela Carpa, Smaranda Buduru, Mirela L Moldovan, Ioana Baldea, Annemarie Constantin, Marioara Moldovan, Doina Prodan, Laura Monica Dascalu Rusu, Ondine Lucaciu and 3 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Photoinactivation and Photoablation ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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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

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cecilia BacaliDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor 32, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Rahela CarpaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogălniceanu Street, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8974-1718
Smaranda BuduruDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor 32, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mirela L MoldovanDepartment of Dermopharmacy and Cosmetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 I. Creanga Street, 400010 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1255-9373
Ioana BaldeaDepartment of Physiology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Annemarie ConstantinDepartment of Morphological Sciences, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 L. Pasteur, 400335 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Marioara MoldovanRaluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Fantanele 30, Babeș Bolyai University, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9714-4809
Doina ProdanRaluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Fantanele 30, Babeș Bolyai University, 400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Laura Monica Dascalu RusuDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor 32, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ondine LucaciuDepartment of Oral Health, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Avram Iancu 31, 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0092-8955
Florinela CatoiDepartment of Functional Biosciences, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Avram Iancu 31, 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mariana ConstantiniucDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor 32, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mandra BadeaDepartment of Preventive Dental Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Avram Iancu 31, 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROBabeș-Bolyai University · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Poor hygiene and denture presence in the oral cavity are factors that favor bacterial accumulation, the cause of halitosis and of various oral and general diseases. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the possibility of inactivating bacteria associated with halitosis in acrylic denture wearers using polymethyl methacrylate resin enhanced with graphene silver nanoparticles and the effect of the resin association with extra oral photodynamic therapy. (2) Methods: Graphene silver nanoparticles in 1 and 2 wt% were added to a commercial acrylic resin powder. Three study groups containing samples from the three different materials were established. The first group was not exposed to the light treatment, and the other two were exposed to red light (laser and light emitting diode) after photosensitizer placement on the disk's surface. Samples were incubated with

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Enterococcus faecalisgraphenehalitosisphotodynamic therapyPorphyromonas gingivalis

Identifiers

PMID34201467
PMCPMC8305032
OpenAlexW3176554978

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