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ArticleCureus2024

Anti-bacterial Efficacy of Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles on Streptococcus mutans and Enterococcus faecalis: An In Vitro Study.

Anu Priya Guruswamy Pandian, Anil Kumar Ramachandran, Priyanka Kodaganallur Pitchumani, Blessy Mathai, Davis C Thomas

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Article in Cureus, 2024. 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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2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Green Synthesis of Zirconium Dioxide Nanoparticles UsingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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.

Anu Priya Guruswamy PandianEndodontics, Private Practice, Los Angeles, USA.
Anil Kumar RamachandranEndodontics, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, IND.
Priyanka Kodaganallur PitchumaniPeriodontics, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, USA.
Blessy MathaiGeneral Dentistry, Private Practice, Newark, USA.
Davis C ThomasOrofacial Pain, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Rochester, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction Complex interactions between cariogenic bacteria and host factors modulate dental caries.

Indexed as

anti-microbial susceptibility testingdental cariesenterococcus faecalisnanoparticlessecondary endodontic infectionsstreptococcus mutanszirconium oxide

Identifiers

PMID39791073
PMCPMC11711109

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