Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40008731›Full record

ArticleBrazilian oral research2025

Presentation of a new multifunctional oral cavity simulator: the "MOCS".

Tamires Timm Maske, Maximiliano Sérgio Cenci, Rafael Patzlaff, Iniative Mocs, Lina Naomi Hashizume, Marisa Maltz, Rodrigo Alex Arthur

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Brazilian oral research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
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.

Tamires Timm MaskeUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRS, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-5337
Maximiliano Sérgio CenciRadboud University Medical Center, Department of Dentistry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2543-6201
Rafael PatzlaffOdeme Dental Research, Luzerna, SC, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-0059
Iniative MocsO Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-0971-5389
Lina Naomi HashizumeUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRS, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-2768
Marisa MaltzUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRS, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4482-1922
Rodrigo Alex ArthurUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRS, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-413X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article describes a new multifunctional oral cavity simulator (MOCS) that allows, with little technical support and easy handling, the laboratory development of dental hard tissue lesions under clinically similar conditions. The MOCS consists of a heating unit containing three independent cylindrical chambers with three specimen holders inside. Liquids flow through the surfaces of specimens by inlets on the lid of the chamber, which is connected to a medium/artificial saliva source through a computer-controlled peristaltic pump. The design, operational principles, and clinical application of this simulator, such as microcosm-induced development of carious-like lesions, acidic-induced erosion-abrasion like-lesions, and testing the anticariogenic effect of restorative materials, are shown. The MOCS can mimic several aspects of the oral cavity, being a promising device for assessing dental hard tissue lesions.

Indexed as

Dental CariesMouthEquipment DesignHumansReproducibility of ResultsSaliva, ArtificialTooth ErosionSaliva, Artificial

Identifiers

PMID40008731
PMCPMC11844815

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.