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ArticleFrontiers in oral health2022

Effectiveness of the Lorodent Probiotic Lozenge in Reducing Plaque and

Fatima Ebrahim, Sarah Malek, Kris James, Kyle MacDonald, Peter Cadieux, Jeremy Burton, Iacopo Cioffi, Celine Lévesque, Siew-Ging Gong

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In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in oral health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Observational
  4. Effects of Oral Probiotics onDentistry journal · 2026
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  9. Antimicrobial effect of probiotic bacteriocins onJournal of oral microbiology · 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatima EbrahimFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sarah MalekFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kris JamesDepartments of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Kyle MacDonaldDepartments of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Peter CadieuxDepartments of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Jeremy BurtonDepartments of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Iacopo CioffiFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Celine LévesqueFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Siew-Ging GongFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orthodontic patients are at a significant risk for oral diseases due to increased plaque accumulation and oral bacterial dysbiosis. We aimed to determine the efficacy of the commercially available Lorodent Probiotic Complex at reducing plaque accumulation and

Indexed as

compliancelozengesplaque indicessalivaStreptococcus mutanssupragingival plaque

Identifiers

PMID35571981
PMCPMC9093136
OpenAlexW4286833808

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Registered trials

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