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ArticleDental research journal2021

Antibacterial effect of a disinfectant spray for sports mouthguards on

Gen Tanabe, Hiroshi Churei, Yasuo Takeuchi, Kairi Hayashi, Aki Kanasaki, Yuriko Yoshida, Jun Toma, Yosiaki Araie, Toshiaki Ueno

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Article in Dental research journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Impact Absorption Power of Polyolefin Fused Filament Fabrication 3D-Printed Sports Mouthguards: In Vitro Study.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 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

9 authors.

Gen TanabeDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi ChureiDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuo TakeuchiDepartment of Periodontology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kairi HayashiDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Aki KanasakiDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuriko YoshidaDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Jun TomaAGSA JAPAN CO., LTD 1-2-34 Tamatsukuri, Chuo-Ku, Japan.
Yosiaki AraieLITEC., Ltd 6-33 Minamibori-cho, Tennoji-Ku, Osaka, Japan.
Toshiaki UenoDepartment of Sports Medicine/Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMouthguard (MG) disinfectant sprays are available for maintaining MG hygiene. The effect of these sprays against MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this

resultsThe log colony-forming units of the MG spray-2 group were significantly lower than those of the other groups. The antibacterial activity of MG spray-2 against

conclusionWe confirmed the antibacterial effect of the MG spray against

Indexed as

Antibacterial agentsmouth protectorsStreptococcus sobrinus

Identifiers

PMID34497694
PMCPMC8404567

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