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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2023

Copper Materials for Caries Management: A Scoping Review.

Veena Wenqing Xu, Mohammed Zahedul Islam Nizami, Iris Xiaoxue Yin, John Yun Niu, Ollie Yiru Yu, Chun-Hung Chu

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Veena Wenqing XuFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9084-4001
Mohammed Zahedul Islam NizamiFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6041-1907
Iris Xiaoxue YinFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1167-2999
John Yun NiuFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3471-180X
Ollie Yiru YuFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5310-5039
Chun-Hung ChuFaculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8167-0430

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 81870812
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study comprehensively reviewed the types, properties and potential applications of copper materials for caries management. Two researchers independently searched English publications using PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. They screened the titles and abstracts of publications presenting original studies for review. They included 34 publications on copper materials, which were categorized as copper and copper alloy materials (13/34, 38%), copper salt materials (13/34, 38%) and copper oxide materials (8/34, 24%). All reported copper materials inhibited the growth of cariogenic bacteria such as

Indexed as

antibacterialantimicrobialcariescoppermaterialsprevention

Identifiers

PMID38248677
PMCPMC10817259

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