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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2024

Herbal medicines to prevent dental caries.

Philip Pradeep, Anchu Rachel Thomas, Kanwardeep Kaur, Renu Sarah Samson, Arun Mayya, Shripathi Adiga, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Frontiers in pharmacology · 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

7 authors.

Philip PradeepConservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia.
Anchu Rachel ThomasConservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia.
Kanwardeep KaurPediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia.
Renu Sarah SamsonOrthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia.
Arun MayyaConservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Shripathi AdigaDivision of Ayurveda, CIMR, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Sumanth Kumbargere NagrajPeninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of herbs/herbal extracts to prevent or minimise tooth decay in children and adults.

Indexed as

Cariostatic AgentsDental CariesPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsAdultChildHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicCariostatic AgentsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID39908071
PMCPMC11091949

What Socratic holds

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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 Socratic graph.