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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Prevalence of Unfilled MB2 Canals and Their Association with Apical Periodontitis: A CBCT-Based Cross-Sectional Study in a German Population.

Maythem Al Fartousi, Christian Ralf Gernhardt

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Challenges and clinical strategies for endodontic microsurgery in the posterior maxillary region].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maythem Al FartousiPrivate Practice, Landauer Str. 16, 76185 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Christian Ralf GernhardtUniversity Outpatient Clinic for Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Department of Dentistry, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Strasse 16, 06112 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4171-761X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cross-sectional studiesdental pulp cavityendodonticsmaxillamolarperiapical periodontitisroot canal therapysecond mesio-buccal canalspiral cone-beam computed tomographytreatment outcome

Identifiers

PMID41828072
PMCPMC12984959

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