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SynthesisFuture microbiology2025

Systematic review of silver and vanadium-based antibiofilm agents: mechanisms and efficacy in oral biofilms.

João Marcos Carvalho-Silva, Andréa Cândido Dos Reis

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Future microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

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

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  5. Strain-SpecificInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

João Marcos Carvalho-SilvaDepartment of Dental Materials and Prosthesis, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Andréa Cândido Dos ReisDepartment of Dental Materials and Prosthesis, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo review the literature on the efficacy of silver (Ag) and vanadium (V) in disorganizing and eradicating oral biofilms (OB). MATERIALS &

methodsA systematic review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, with searches performed in PubMed, Lilacs, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Google Scholar, and ProQuest databases.

resultsAg nanoparticles (AgNPs) showed efficacy in disorganizing and eradicating OB of

conclusionAg exhibits significant antibiofilm effect against Gram-positive and Gram-negative oral bacteria, with limited activity against

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsMouthSilverVanadiumBacteriaCandida albicansHumansMetal NanoparticlesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsSilverVanadiumantibiofilmbiofilm eradicationoral biofilmSilversilver nanoparticlesvanadium

Identifiers

PMID40545688
PMCPMC12239777

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