OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry is 42. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
News and Notes	159
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	122
Letter to the editor in regard to the article “Occlusal devices in France: An assessment of professional practice”	120
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	91
Use of aluminum foil to facilitate open-tray implant impressions	85
Digital design and fabrication of a guiding template for preparing occlusal rest seats in removable partial denture abutments	82
Estimating Ni, Cr, Co, and Mo release from 3 dental casting alloys in saliva and blood at 6 and 12 months by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy	80
Dental mini-implant designs to support overdentures: Development, biomechanical evaluation, and 3D digital image correlation	78
Coordinate-based data analysis of the accuracy of five intraoral scanners for scanning completely dentate and partially edentulous mandibular arches	72
Short-term and long-term success and survival rates of implants supporting single-unit and multiunit fixed prostheses: A systematic review and meta-analysis	69
News and Notes	69
Can researchers attract serendipity?	69
Influence of splinting scan bodies or incorporating three-dimensionally printed scan aids on the trueness of complete arch digital scans	67
CAD-CAM of elastic plugs with multilayer porous channels following 3D construction of jaw cyst-mucosa-dentition after decompression: A dental technique	67
Letter to the Editor regarding, “Antimycotic prophylaxis with multispecies probiotics against oral candidiasis in new complete denture wearers: A randomized clinical trial”	66
News and Notes	63
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	61
CAD-CAM milled complete dentures with custom disks and prefabricated artificial teeth: A dental technique	58
Impact of dental restorations and removable prostheses on potentially malignant oral mucosal disorders in the general population	58
Effect of industrial scanner and framework material interaction on the marginal gaps of CAD-CAM complete arch implant frameworks	55
Alignment accuracy of soft tissue and implant position scans captured by using four intraoral scanners and an intraoral photogrammetry system with and without coded healing abutments	55
Bilabial-protruding, mouth-opening and tongue-depressing stent for proton radiation therapy	54
Digital versus conventional prosthetic workflow for dental students providing implant-supported single crowns: A randomized crossover study	54
Discrepancies of centric occlusion located by using a conventional method and four intraoral scanners combined with a computer-aided design program: A pilot investigation	53
Influence of scan extension and starting quadrant on the accuracy of four intraoral scanners for fabricating tooth-supported crowns	51

Custom-fabricated nasal conformers and surgical stents in the management of midfacial acid burn injuries: A clinical report	51
Analysis of the esthetic preferences of Spanish laypersons and dentists regarding the different width proportions of the maxillary anterior teeth	50
Effect of 2-ethylhexyl salicylate incorporation on the color stability of different maxillofacial silicone elastomers after outdoor weathering	50
News and Notes	50
A cross-sectional study for prevalence and risk factors of peri-implant marginal bone loss	49
Nasal function in patients with maxillectomy using various obturator designs	49
Fracture resistance of additive manufactured and milled implant-supported interim crowns	47
Over 14-year survival of pressed e.max lithium disilicate glass-ceramic complete and partial coverage restorations in patients with severe wear: A prospective clinical study	46
Volumetric and dimensional accuracy assessment of CAD-CAM–manufactured dental prostheses from different materials	46
Performance of the ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and Google Gemini large language models in responding to dental implantology inquiries	45
Clinical performance of short and extrashort dental implants with wide diameter: A systematic review with meta-analysis	45
Effects of long-term cinnamaldehyde immersion on the surface roughness and color of heat-polymerized denture base resin	44
Evaluation of physicomechanical properties of milled versus 3D-printed denture base resins: A comparative in vitro study	43
Effect of short-term increase in occlusal vertical dimension on masticatory muscle electrical activities and pressure-to-pain threshold: A crossover clinical study	43
Long-term effect of gastric juice alternating with brushing on the surface roughness, topography, and staining susceptibility of CAD-CAM monolithic materials	43
A comparison between commercially available artificial intelligence-based and conventional human expert-based digital workflows for designing anterior crowns	42
Cast metal sprue as an alternative to dental floss for splinting open tray impression copings for complete-arch implant impressions	42