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ArticleDentistry journal2021

Antibacterial Activities of Methanol and Aqueous Extracts of

Abdulrahman A Balhaddad, Lamia Mokeem, Mary Anne S Melo, Richard L Gregory

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulrahman A BalhaddadDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6678-7940
Lamia MokeemPhD Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Mary Anne S MeloPhD Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0007-2966
Richard L GregoryDepartment of Biomedical Science and Comprehensive Care, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of herbal products in oral hygiene care has a long history, and their use is popular today. A tree stick, named

Indexed as

dental cariesoral biofilmSalvadora persicaStreptococcus mutans

Identifiers

PMID34940040
PMCPMC8700571
OpenAlexW3217305155

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Registered trials

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