OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Oral Health is 31. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Epidemiologic relationship between periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus	121
The use of PEEK in digital prosthodontics: A narrative review	109
3D printed complete removable dental prostheses: a narrative review	104
COVID-19 transmission risk and protective protocols in dentistry: a systematic review	98
Trueness of 12 intraoral scanners in the full-arch implant impression: a comparative in vitro study	84
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of dentin hypersensitivity: an evidence-based overview for dental practitioners	77
Automated cephalometric landmark detection with confidence regions using Bayesian convolutional neural networks	73
Periodontitis and inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis	64
Association among serum and salivary A. actinomycetemcomitans specific immunoglobulin antibodies and periodontitis	57
Deep learning-based dental plaque detection on primary teeth: a comparison with clinical assessments	57
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental practice in Iran: a questionnaire-based report	56
A review of virtual planning software for guided implant surgery - data import and visualization, drill guide design and manufacturing	55
Comparing the trueness of seven intraoral scanners and a physical impression on dentate human maxilla by a novel method	55
Are parents’ education levels associated with either their oral health knowledge or their children’s oral health behaviors? A survey of 8446 families in Wuhan	53
Artificial intelligence in fixed implant prosthodontics: a retrospective study of 106 implant-supported monolithic zirconia crowns inserted in the posterior jaws of 90 patients	50
The direct digital workflow in fixed implant prosthodontics: a narrative review	49
Undergraduate dental students’ perspective on the implementation of digital dentistry in the preclinical curriculum: a questionnaire survey	39
Assessment of the reproducibility and precision of milling and 3D printing surgical guides	39
Determinants of dental caries in children in the Middle East and North Africa region: a systematic review based on literature published from 2000 to 2019	39
Associations between dental caries and systemic diseases: a scoping review	38
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy: knowledge, management of patients and clinical experience of Italian dentists during the spread of contagion	38
The step further smile virtual planning: milled versus prototyped mock-ups for the evaluation of the designed smile characteristics	36
Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain and anxiety during infiltration anesthesia in pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial	36
Effects of mouth breathing on facial skeletal development in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	35
Deep learning based prediction of necessity for orthognathic surgery of skeletal malocclusion using cephalogram in Korean individuals	35

Learning curve of digital intraoral scanning – an in vivo study	35
Mitigating saliva aerosol contamination in a dental school clinic	34
Clinical and volumetric outcomes after vertical ridge augmentation using computer-aided-design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) customized titanium meshes: a pilot study	32
Human dental pulp stem cell responses to different dental pulp capping materials	32
A two-stage deep learning architecture for radiographic staging of periodontal bone loss	31
The knowledge and practice of pediatricians in children’s oral health: a scoping review	31
Effects of probiotic bacterium Weissella cibaria CMU on periodontal health and microbiota: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	31