Antibacterial effects of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles-coated orthodontic arch wires: in vitro study.

Amany M Elsonny, Nehal F Albelasy, Marwa S Shamaa, Shaza M Hammad

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in BMC oral health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

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

4 authors.

Amany M ElsonnyOrthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. mnany1717@gmail.com.ORCID 0009-0008-8303-9782

Nehal F AlbelasyOrthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8539-0946

Marwa S ShamaaOrthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4861-8179

Shaza M HammadOrthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6662-5068

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticle coatings applied to stainless steel and nickel-titanium orthodontic arch wires against the Streptococcus mutans bacterium.

methodsA total of 198 arch wires were divided into two groups based on the type of arch wire material: 99 stainless steel (SS) wires and 99 nickel titanium (NiTi) wires. Every group of these wire materials was evenly subdivided into three subgroups according to the nanocoating material: non-coated group (control), silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO

resultsThe nano-coating effect on arch wires coated with Ag-NPs and TiO

conclusionsCoatings of Ag-NPs and TiO

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCoated Materials, BiocompatibleMetal NanoparticlesOrthodontic WiresSilverStreptococcus mutansTitaniumDental AlloysHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMaterials TestingMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNickelStainless SteelAnti-Bacterial AgentsCoated Materials, BiocompatibleDental AlloysNickelSilverStainless SteelTitaniumtitanium dioxidetitanium nickelideOrthodontic arch wiresSilver nanoparticlesStreptococcus mutansTitanium dioxide nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID42374460

DOI10.1186/s12903-026-08996-y

PMCPMC13312703

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.