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ArticleCureus2023

Comparative Evaluation of the Physical and Antimicrobial Properties of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Biodentine, and a Modified Fast-Setting Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Without Tricalcium Aluminate: An In Vitro Study.

Vignesh Ravindran, Ganesh Jeevanandan

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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. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Antibacterial activity of biodentine againstFrontiers in dental medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Vignesh RavindranDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
Ganesh JeevanandanDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Tricalcium aluminate, one of the major constituents of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), has been shown to have cytotoxic properties. Mineral trioxide aggregate has moderate to low antimicrobial activity against the most common endodontic pathogen,

Indexed as

apexificationbiodentinecandida albicanse.faecalisenterococcus faecalismineral trioxide aggregatestreptococcus mutanstricalcium silicate

Identifiers

PMID37664390
PMCPMC10473445

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