Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36980024›Full record

ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Dental Treatment Characteristics of Autistic Children and Differences in Dental Procedures under General Anesthesia Relative to Healthy Counterparts.

Bayan Alghafis, Abdulaziz Alharbi, Sanaa Al-Haj Ali, Faisal Alsineedi, Ohoud Alsudairi

Open access · goldFull text read
In one paragraph

Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Dental Treatment in Children under General Anesthesia: A 24-year Retrospective Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025
    Article
  4. Observational
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Dentists' Perceptions Regarding Orofacial Care for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders in France and Italy.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
    Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bayan AlghafisCollege of Dentistry, Qassim University, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz AlharbiDental Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran 31932, Saudi Arabia.
Sanaa Al-Haj AliDepartment of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-5128
Faisal AlsineediDental Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran 31932, Saudi Arabia.
Ohoud AlsudairiDental Department, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran 31932, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Military Medical Complex · SAQassim University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we assess the dental treatment characteristics among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and compare the dental procedures delivered under general anesthesia (GA) with those of healthy-matched counterparts. In this retrospective cohort study, we collected data from medical records of ASD children (

Indexed as

autism spectrum disorderbehaviordental care for childrengeneral anesthesia

Identifiers

PMID36980024
PMCPMC10047481
OpenAlexW4322504433

What OpenQuestion holds

Textfull text, public
LicenceCC BY
reference markers read1
measurements read33
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.