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ArticleDental research journal2024

Parisa Ghaffari, Habib Zeighami, Mohammad Najdalizade, Leila Eftekhar

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Article in Dental research journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

4 authors.

Parisa GhaffariDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Habib ZeighamiDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Mohammad NajdalizadePrivate Practice, Zanjan, Iran.
Leila EftekharDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to assess the antibacterial effect of a nano-zinc oxide eugenol (nZOE) sealer alone and in combination with chitosan, propolis, and nanosilver on Materials and Methods: In this Results: The addition of nanosilver, chitosan, and propolis to nZOE did not change the diameter of growth inhibition zone in agar diffusion test. Propolis and eugenol alone showed the lowest MIC and MBC. Chitosan alone showed the highest MIC and MBC. Furthermore, nZOE showed lower MBC than micro-ZOE ( Conclusion: The addition of propolis to nZOE can enhance its antibacterial activity against

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Anti-bacterial agentschitosanEnterococcus faecaliseugenolpropolissilverzinc oxide

Identifiers

PMID39574560
PMCPMC11581359

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