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ReviewJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics2025

A comprehensive review of patents in dentistry: An in-depth examination and evaluation.

Sowmya Halasabalu Kalgeri, B V Deepa, Ashwini Tumkur Shivakumar, Vidya G Doddawad, Bb Sunil Kumar, H S Shalini

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Review in Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Sowmya Halasabalu KalgeriDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India.
B V DeepaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India.
Ashwini Tumkur ShivakumarDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India.
Vidya G DoddawadDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India.
Bb Sunil KumarDepartment of Surgical Gastroenterologist, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India.
H S ShaliniDepartment of Periodontics, Subbaiah Institute of Dental Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patent is a legal document that grants the holder exclusive rights to an invention for a certain number of years. Patents play an important role in dentistry by allowing dental professionals to protect their innovative ideas and products. A dental professional can prevent others from using, making, or selling a similar invention without permission by obtaining a patent. This provides an incentive for innovation in the field and can help ensure that new dental products and techniques are developed for the benefit of patients. Obtaining a patent for dental procedure-related inventions is an important step for inventors to protect their ideas and prevent others from using or selling them without permission.

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Dentalideasinventionlicensepatents

Identifiers

PMID41322316
PMCPMC12659900

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