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Trial reportAging2022

Impact of the food grade heat-killed probiotic and postbiotic oral lozenges in oral hygiene.

Chiao-Wen Lin, Yi-Tzu Chen, Hsieh-Hsun Ho, Yi-Wei Kuo, Wen-Yang Lin, Jui-Fen Chen, Jia-Hung Lin, Cheng-Ruei Liu, Chi-Huei Lin, Yao-Tsung Yeh and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Aging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Postbiotics and Dental Caries: A Systematic Review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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  5. Effect of Heat-TreatedNutrients · 2024
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  10. A Novel Postbiotic Reduces Canine Halitosis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chiao-Wen LinInstitute of Oral Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yi-Tzu ChenInstitute of Oral Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hsieh-Hsun HoResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Yi-Wei KuoResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Yang LinResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Jui-Fen ChenResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Jia-Hung LinResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Cheng-Ruei LiuResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Chi-Huei LinResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Yao-Tsung YehAging and Disease Prevention Research Center, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ching-Wei ChenResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Fen HuangResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Chen-Hung HsuResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Pei-Shan HsiehResearch and Development Department, Bioflag Biotech Co., Ltd., Tainan, Taiwan.
Shun-Fa YangInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chung Shan Medical University · TWChung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWFooyin University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral cavity plays a crucial role in food digestion and immune protection. Thus, maintaining oral health is necessary. Postbiotic and heat-killed probiotic cells have shown increased antibacterial potential with stable viability compared with live strains. However, clinical evidence regarding their effect on oral health is insufficient. Therefore, in this study, we tested postbiotic lozenges of

Indexed as

Hot TemperatureProbioticsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansLactobacillusOral HygieneAnti-Bacterial Agentsimmunityoral cavityoral diseasesoral microbiotaprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID35236778
PMCPMC8954981
OpenAlexW4214865509

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