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Observational studyMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

Observational Study on Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Breathing Control for Reducing Dental Anxiety in Children.

Sorana Maria Bucur, Ioana Maria Crișan, Dorin Ioan Cocoș, Eugen Silviu Bud, Carmen Galea

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Observational study in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sorana Maria BucurDepartment of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dimitrie Cantemir University of Târgu Mureș, 540545 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5433-1137
Ioana Maria CrișanFaculty of Medicine, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 38 Ghe. Marinescu Street, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.
Dorin Ioan CocoșFaculty of Dental Medicine, "Dunărea de Jos" University, 800008 Galați, Romania.ORCID 0009-0003-6823-8138
Eugen Silviu BudDepartment of Orthodontics, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 38 Ghe. Marinescu Street, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5193-4944
Carmen GaleaDepartment of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Dimitrie Cantemir University of Târgu Mureș, 540545 Târgu Mureș, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Breathing ExercisesDental AnxietyMuscle RelaxationRelaxation TherapyAdolescentBlood PressureChildFemaleHeart RateHumansMalebreathing controldental anxietyIDAF-4C+Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxationphysiological stressyouth

Identifiers

PMID40428834
PMCPMC12113542

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