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Fluorides for the prevention of early tooth decay (demineralised white lesions) during fixed brace treatment

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (84th percentile)

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3 blogs
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42 tweeters
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1 Google+ user

Citations

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Title
Fluorides for the prevention of early tooth decay (demineralised white lesions) during fixed brace treatment
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2013
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd003809.pub3
Pubmed ID
Authors

Philip E Benson, Nicola Parkin, Fiona Dyer, Declan T Millett, Susan Furness, Peter Germain

Abstract

Demineralised white lesions (DWLs) can appear on teeth during fixed brace treatment because of early decay around the brackets that attach the braces to the teeth. Fluoride is effective in reducing decay in susceptible individuals in the general population. Individuals receiving orthodontic treatment may be prescribed various forms of fluoride treatment. This review compares the effects of various forms of fluoride used during orthodontic treatment on the development of DWLs. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2004.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Turkey 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
El Salvador 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 312 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 55 17%
Student > Postgraduate 38 12%
Student > Bachelor 32 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 9%
Researcher 24 8%
Other 62 19%
Unknown 79 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 186 58%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 3%
Unspecified 7 2%
Social Sciences 5 2%
Other 22 7%
Unknown 79 25%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 47. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2020.
All research outputs
#756,013
of 22,736,112 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#1,581
of 12,315 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,810
of 307,106 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#34
of 220 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,736,112 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 12,315 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 30.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 87% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 220 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its contemporaries.