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ArticleJournal of periodontal research2026

Study Design in Clinical and Epidemiologic Research: Observational, Experimental, and Beyond.

Gustavo G Nascimento, Ignacio Leiva-Escobar, Maria Clotilde Carra, Sebastian-Edgar Baumeister

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Article in Journal of periodontal research, 2026. 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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1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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

4 authors.

Gustavo G NascimentoSchool of Dentistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4288-6300
Ignacio Leiva-EscobarInstitute of Health Services Research in Dentistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9788-0118
Maria Clotilde CarraDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-3274
Sebastian-Edgar BaumeisterInstitute of Health Services Research in Dentistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9391-6602

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population-based epidemiology and clinical research are complementary and mutually reinforcing: Epidemiology quantifies disease incidence/prevalence and elucidates environmental and social determinants in populations, whereas clinical research evaluates biomarkers, therapeutics, and prognostic outcomes in patients; their convergence underpins translational science, comparative effectiveness, real-world evidence, and precision dentistry.

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Biomedical ResearchEpidemiologic Research DesignEpidemiologic StudiesResearch DesignHumansObservational Studies as Topicepidemiologylongitudinal studiesresearch design

Identifiers

PMID41810830
PMCPMC13665664

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