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ArticleMicroorganisms2025

Microbiological Investigation and Clinical Efficacy of Professional Topical Fluoride Application on

Alessia Pardo, Stefano Marcoccia, Camilla Montagnini, Annarita Signoriello, Elena Messina, Paolo Gaibani, Gloria Burlacchini, Camillo Salgarelli, Caterina Signoretto, Nicoletta Zerman

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Article in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

10 authors.

Alessia PardoDentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology (DIPSCOMI), University of Verona, Piazzale L.A, Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6466-9825
Stefano MarcocciaDentistry Unit, Department of Surgery, Mater Salutis Hospital, Via Gianella 1, 37045 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-2565-1077
Camilla MontagniniDentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology (DIPSCOMI), University of Verona, Piazzale L.A, Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Annarita SignorielloDentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology (DIPSCOMI), University of Verona, Piazzale L.A, Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9761-4046
Elena MessinaDentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology (DIPSCOMI), University of Verona, Piazzale L.A, Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1268-5233
Paolo GaibaniDiagnostic and Public Health Department, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3791-8635
Gloria BurlacchiniDiagnostic and Public Health Department, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Camillo SalgarelliDentistry Unit, Department of Surgery, Mater Salutis Hospital, Via Gianella 1, 37045 Verona, Italy.
Caterina SignorettoDiagnostic and Public Health Department, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Nicoletta ZermanDentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Pediatrics and Gynecology (DIPSCOMI), University of Verona, Piazzale L.A, Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluoride prophylaxis is a cornerstone in preventing dental caries, a disease for which orthodontic patients are at high risk due to the reduced effectiveness of home oral hygiene and increased plaque accumulation. Recent evidence defines caries as polymicrobial, involving

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dental caries preventionfluoride gelfluoride varnishlactobacillioral microbiotaplaque controlrandomized controlled trialsalivary pH

Identifiers

PMID41304192
PMCPMC12654408

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