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ReviewClinics and practice2025

Clinical Efficacy of Prolotherapy for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Antonios Saramantos, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Gregorios Venetis, Georgios Hatziantoniou, Anestis Chrysostomidis, Chrysanthi Sardeli, Ioannis Tilaveridis

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Review in Clinics and practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Prolotherapy for temporomandibular joint disorders: an updated comprehensive review.Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Antonios SaramantosDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Specialized Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction Center, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanassios KyrgidisDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Specialized Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction Center, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3896-0309
Gregorios VenetisLaboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9750-5934
Georgios HatziantoniouDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Specialized Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction Center, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anestis ChrysostomidisDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Specialized Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction Center, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Chrysanthi SardeliLaboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6410-2992
Ioannis TilaveridisDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Specialized Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction Center, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

meta-analysisplaceboprolotherapyrandomized controlled trialssystematic reviewtemporomandibular disordertemporomandibular joint

Identifiers

PMID40136587
PMCPMC11941112

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