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SynthesisPloS one2025

Negative health effects of dental X-rays: A systematic review.

Laila Wiklander, Andreas Cederlund, Nils Kadesjö, Peggy Näsman, Sofia Tranaeus, Aron Naimi-Akbar

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Laila WiklanderDepartment of Maxillofacial Radiology, Folktandvården Eastmaninstitutet, Public Dental Health, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5344-0331
Andreas CederlundDepartment of Maxillofacial Radiology, Folktandvården Eastmaninstitutet, Public Dental Health, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nils KadesjöDepartment of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Peggy NäsmanDepartment of Dental Medicine, Division of Cariology and Endodontics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sofia TranaeusMalmö University, Faculty of Odontology, Health Technology Assessment - Odontology (HTA-O), Malmö, Sweden.
Aron Naimi-AkbarDepartment of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study evaluates whether exposure to dental X-ray examinations in childhood and adolescence results in negative health effects. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis systematic review includes both primary studies and systematic reviews available in Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases. Six reviewers read the full text of the selected studies.

resultsThe literature search resulted in 10,949 publications. After title and abstract screening, 55 publications were selected for full text reading, resulting in a total of 18 reports, 7 systematic reviews, and 11 primary studies for quality assessment.

conclusionNone of the selected studies passed the quality assessment due to high or very high risk of bias. There is a gap of knowledge regarding negative effects of dental X-rays and a need for more accurate and updated studies.

Indexed as

Radiography, DentalX-RaysAdolescentChildHumans

Identifiers

PMID40440627
PMCPMC12122044

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