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ArticleCureus2023

An In Vitro Study: Does Adding Iodine Potassium Iodide and Cetrimide to Calcium Hydroxide Paste Enhance Its Antimicrobial Effect Against Oral Biofilms?

Hadi M Alamri, He Liu, Duo Zhang, Ya Shen, Markus Haapasalo

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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 2 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hadi M AlamriDepartment of Dentistry, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, SAU.
He LiuDivision of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
Duo ZhangDivision of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
Ya ShenDivision of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
Markus HaapasaloDivision of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the antibiofilm effect of calcium hydroxide (CH), 0.5% iodine potassium iodide (IKI), and 0.5% cetrimide (CTR), alone and in combinations on one-week and three-week-old biofilms. Materials and methods Gingival plaque was collected, and biofilms were grown

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antibacterial agentsbiofilmcalcium hydroxidecetrimideiodine potassium iodide

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PMID38283497
PMCPMC10818093

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