ArticleBMC oral health2026
Effect of S-PRG containing coat on the shear bond strength and the prevention of enamel microcrack formation after orthodontic bracket removal: an invitro study.
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.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAmong the most common complications after orthodontic treatment are enamel microcracks. These issues arise either from enamel demineralization or during bracket debonding or adhesive remnant removal after bracket removal; thus, the current investigation attempts to assess the impact of S-PRG comprising coat on the shear bond strength of the bonded resin composite and the prevention of enamel microcrack formation following orthodontic bracket removal.
methodsFourteen sound, intact human premolars recently extracted were collected. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to assess the enamel surface to exclude teeth with micro-cracks. The teeth were divided randomly into two groups (n = 7). In group 1 (control group), the metal bracket was bonded to the etched enamel with (Beauti-Bond xtreme, SHOFU, Japan) adhesive and a thin layer of (Beautifil II Giomer, SHOFU, Japan). In group 2 (intervention group), PRG BarrierCoat
resultsFor SBS, Ca weight, and Ca/P, group (2) had significantly higher mean values than group (1). In contrast, the difference in P weight was not statistically significant. Additionally, the percentage of crack formation in group (1) was higher than that of group (2); however, the difference was not statistically significant. For Ca weight and Ca/P, there was a strong negative correlation with crack formation, with higher mean values significantly associated with the absence of cracks. For P weight, the correlation was not statistically significant.
conclusionsPRG BarrierCoat
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.