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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2023

A comprehensive review of the application of probiotics and postbiotics in oral health.

Aziz Homayouni Rad, Hadi Pourjafar, Esmaeel Mirzakhani

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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105citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  14. MPRO3 Regulates Macrophage Polarization and OsteoclastogenesisJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors.

Aziz Homayouni RadDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition & Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Hadi PourjafarDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Esmaeel MirzakhaniDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition & Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral diseases are among the most common diseases around the world that people usually suffer from during their lifetime. Tooth decay is a multifactorial disease, and the composition of oral microbiota is a critical factor in its development. Also,

Indexed as

Dental CariesProbioticsHumansMouthOral HealthStreptococcus mutansdental cariesfunctional foodsmicrobiomemicrobiotapostbioticprobiotictooth decay

Identifiers

PMID36968114
PMCPMC10031100

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