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ArticleThe Saudi dental journal2023

Antibacterial effectiveness of different zinc salts on

Manal Mohamed Almoudi, Alaa Sabah Hussein, Nurul Izzah Mohd Sarmin, Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan

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Article in The Saudi dental journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Manal Mohamed AlmoudiCentre of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, AL Zawiah University, AL Zawiah, Libya.
Alaa Sabah HusseinCentre of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
Nurul Izzah Mohd SarminCentre of PreClinical Science Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
Mohamed Ibrahim Abu HassanCentre of Restorative Dentistry Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
Universiti Teknologi MARA · MYAl Zawiya University · LY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This in-vitro study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial effects of four zinc salts namely zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc citrate and zinc acetate against Methods: Antibacterial susceptibility assay, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were undertaken to evaluate the inhibitory activities of different zinc salts against the tested bacteria. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to evaluate the morphological changes of bacterial cells following exposure to zinc salts. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare the inhibitory effect of the different zinc salts. Results: All zinc salts tested against Conclusion: Different zinc salts have displayed inhibitory growth effects against the common oral bacteria at very low concentrations except for zinc citrate which showed no inhibitory effect against these bacteria in vitro.

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Oral bacteriaStreptococcus mutansStreptococcus sobrinusZincZinc salts

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PMID38025600
PMCPMC10658393
OpenAlexW4383371840

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