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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Comparative Meta-Analysis of Minimally Invasive and Conventional Approaches for Caries Removal in Permanent Dentition.

Diego González-Gil, Javier Flores-Fraile, Vicente Vera-Rodríguez, Andrea Martín-Vacas, Joaquín López-Marcos

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Diego González-GilDental Clinic Faculty of Medicine, Surgery Department, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Javier Flores-FraileDental Clinic Faculty of Medicine, Surgery Department, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1338-0551
Vicente Vera-RodríguezTUFTS Dental School, Boston, MA 02155, USA.
Andrea Martín-VacasFaculty of Dentistry, Alfonso X El Sabio University, 28691 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0489-2256
Joaquín López-MarcosDental Clinic Faculty of Medicine, Surgery Department, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1778-9090
Universidad de Salamanca · ESTufts University · USUniversidad Alfonso X el Sabio · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Dental CariesDentition, PermanentMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicincomplete caries removalselective caries removal

Identifiers

PMID38541128
PMCPMC10971845
OpenAlexW4392198260

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