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Insights Into the Role of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans in Dental Biofilm Formation and Cariogenicity: A Literature Review.

Wanessa Fernandes Matias Regis, Francisco Ruliglésio Rocha, Ramille Araújo Lima, Beatriz Panariello, Simone Duarte, Anderson da Cunha Costa, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, Lidiany Karla Azevedo Rodrigues

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Review in Cureus, 2025. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
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. Article
  2. 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

8 authors.

Wanessa Fernandes Matias RegisDentistry, School of Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BRA.
Francisco Ruliglésio RochaMedical Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BRA.
Ramille Araújo LimaDentistry, Centro Universitário Christus, Fortaleza, BRA.
Beatriz PanarielloSchool of Dental Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Simone DuarteDentistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.
Anderson da Cunha CostaMedical Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BRA.
Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira BrilhanteMedical Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BRA.
Lidiany Karla Azevedo RodriguesDentistry, School of Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BRA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental caries is a widespread chronic disease that affects a large proportion of both adults and children globally.

Indexed as

candida albicanscaries progressiondental cariesmicrobiotapolysaccharidesreview articlestreptococcus mutansvirulence

Identifiers

PMID40672011
PMCPMC12266937

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