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ArticleDentistry journal2026

Selective Caries Removal as a Restorative Strategy for Caries Management: Residual Dentin Quality After Chemomechanical and Mechanical Excavation.

Gustavo Gerardo Ramirez-Martinez, Christian Andrea Lopez-Ayuso, Rogelio Jose Scougall-Vilchis, Silvia Rojas-Rueda, Carlos A Jurado, Abdulrahman Alshabib, Hamid Nurrohman, Rene Garcia-Contreras

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Article 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

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gustavo Gerardo Ramirez-MartinezInterdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Nanostructures and Biomaterials Area, National School of Higher Studies (ENES) Leon Unit, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leon 37684, Mexico.
Christian Andrea Lopez-AyusoInterdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Nanostructures and Biomaterials Area, National School of Higher Studies (ENES) Leon Unit, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leon 37684, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0534-7823
Rogelio Jose Scougall-VilchisDepartment of Orthodontics, Dental and Advanced Studies Research Center (CIEAO) "Keisaburo Miyata", Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University State of Mexico (UAEMex), Toluca 50130, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-4671-0748
Silvia Rojas-RuedaSchool of Dental Medicine, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00732, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3245-5245
Carlos A JuradoSchool of Dental Medicine, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00732, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7437-4855
Abdulrahman AlshabibDepartment of Restorative Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8890-8707
Hamid NurrohmanDepartment of Restorative Dentistry & Prosthodontics, The University of Texas School of Dentistry, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Rene Garcia-ContrerasInterdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Nanostructures and Biomaterials Area, National School of Higher Studies (ENES) Leon Unit, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leon 37684, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3504-5519

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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chemomechanical caries removalminimally invasive dentistryresidual dentinrestorative caries managementselective caries removalVickers microhardness

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PMID42505727
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