A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Oil Pulling on YouTube Shorts.

Jun Yaung, Sun Ha Park, Shahed Al Khalifah

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Dentistry journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

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.

The impact of social media on dental students' oral and dental health awareness.Irish journal of medical science · 2026
Article
Revisiting Ayurveda for Pediatric Oral Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of Coconut Oil and Castor Oil Pulling on Plaque Accumulation, Gingival Health, and Salivary Bacterial Load in Children.Cureus · 2026
Article

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

3 authors.

Jun YaungSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-8160-3502

Sun Ha ParkSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.

Shahed Al KhalifahSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

oil pullingoral healthsocial mediaYouTube Shorts

Identifiers

PMID40710175

DOI10.3390/dj13070330

PMCPMC12293439

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