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ArticleBDJ open2023

Reply to: Fundamental methodological issues.

Bennett Tochukwu Amaechi, Thais Santiago Phillips, Betty Isabel Perozo, Yuko Kataoka, Fatemeh Movaghari Pour, Rayane Farah, Amos Chinedu Obiefuna, Moshtagh Rashid Farokhi

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Article in BDJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors.

Bennett Tochukwu AmaechiDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA. amaechi@uthscsa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-4466
Thais Santiago PhillipsDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.
Betty Isabel PerozoDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.
Yuko KataokaDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.
Fatemeh Movaghari PourDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.
Rayane FarahDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-7660
Amos Chinedu ObiefunaANCOSTAT Statistical Consulting, San Antonio, TX, 78245, USA.
Moshtagh Rashid FarokhiDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-6033

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID37488120
PMCPMC10366167

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