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ReviewCureus2023

Ozone Therapy in the Management and Prevention of Caries.

AbdulMajeed A AlMogbel, Maram I Albarrak, Shahad F AlNumair

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Review in Cureus, 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
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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, 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

AbdulMajeed A AlMogbelOrthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Department, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraydah, SAU.
Maram I AlbarrakFamily Dentistry Department, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Shahad F AlNumairDental Surgery Department, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraydah, SAU.
Buraydah Colleges · SANational Guard Health Affairs · SAQassim University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The article covered the function and results of ozone treatment in managing and preventing dental caries. Specifically, the author examined ozone and its benefits, including bactericidal, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory effects. Ozonated water, ozonated olive oil, and ozone gas are forms of ozone used in dentistry. The authors provided examples of studies regarding the positive impact of ozone therapy on patients with caries. Also, the research authors described several effects of ozonated water, namely, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, activation of intracellular metabolism of the oral mucosa and dental wounds, advancement of local blood circulation, provocation of regenerative functions, and hemostatic effect in capillary bleeding. The ozone generator and equipment for creating an ozone-oxygen (O3/O2) gas mixture were mentioned as required in dentistry to produce ozone.

Indexed as

dentistryozonated waterozone-oxygen gasozone therapyreview article

Identifiers

PMID37187640
PMCPMC10181895
OpenAlexW4365455159

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Registered trials

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