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ArticleMicroorganisms2024

The Effectiveness of Silver Nanoparticles Mixed with Calcium Hydroxide against

Maha Alghofaily, Jood Alfraih, Aljohara Alsaud, Norah Almazrua, Terrence S Sumague, Sayed H Auda, Fahd Alsalleeh

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Article in Microorganisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maha AlghofailyRestorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1244-1845
Jood AlfraihCollege of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Aljohara AlsaudCollege of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Norah AlmazruaCollege of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Terrence S SumagueMolecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Prince Naif Bin AbdulAziz Health Research Center, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5367-9967
Sayed H AudaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Fahd AlsalleehRestorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1168-0729
King Saud University · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe purpose of this study was to assess the antifungal activity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in combination with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)

methodsAgNPs was mixed with pure Ca(OH)

resultsThe cell viability of

conclusionsThe findings demonstrated that combining silver nanoparticles with Ca(OH)

Indexed as

calcium hydroxideCandida albicanschlorhexidine irrigationendodontic therapynanotechnologyroot canal medicamentssilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID38399693
PMCPMC10891542
OpenAlexW4391308852

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