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ReviewDentistry journal2026

Bridging the Gap: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Haptic Simulators Compared to Traditional Methods in Preclinical Dental Education.

Pedro C Lopes, Sara Lopes, Rute Rio, Hélder Costa, Adriana B Matos, Nélio Veiga, Maria J Correia

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Review in Dentistry journal, 2026. 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

7 authors.

Pedro C LopesFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8466-9216
Sara LopesFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0005-1688-1185
Rute RioFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.
Hélder CostaFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5069-1020
Adriana B MatosCenter for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.
Nélio VeigaFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6288-0435
Maria J CorreiaFaculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 3504-505 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6141-9089

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 04279/2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

dental educationdentistryhaptic simulatorpreclinical trainingpsychomotor trainingvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID42187692
PMCPMC13205514

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