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ArticleCureus2023

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Two Different Calcium Hydroxide Endodontic Dressings on the Eradication of Enterococcus faecalis in Single-Rooted Canals: An In Vitro Study.

Paola G Rumhein, Kinda J Layous, Hassan Achour, Mudar Mohammad Mousa, Haya Deeb, Mohammad Y Hajeer

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paola G RumheinDepartment of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Kinda J LayousDepartment of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Hassan AchourDepartment of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Mudar Mohammad MousaDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Haya DeebDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Mohammad Y HajeerDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus, SYR.
Damascus University · SY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBacterial pulp infections are considered the most common cause of endodontic treatment failure. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty mandibular first premolars with single canals were extracted for orthodontic reasons and were prepared after cutting their crowns to standardize the length of the roots to 17 mm, root preparation, and isolating

conclusionWithin the limits of the current in vitro study, the Ca(OH)

Indexed as

calcium hydroxide pastecalcium hydroxide plus points (reoko)endodontic dressingsenterococcus faecalissalinesingle-rooted premolars

Identifiers

PMID37287818
PMCPMC10243877
OpenAlexW4379518389

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