Department of Dermatology, Stomatology, Radiology and Physical Medicine, Morales Meseguer Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain.
Departament d'Estomatologia, Facultat de Medicina I Odontologia, Universitat de València, C. Gascó Oliag, 1, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Clin Oral Investig. 2022 Sep;26(9):5611-5624. doi: 10.1007/s00784-022-04605-8. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
To perform a bibliometric analysis on silicate-based biomaterials in endodontics; to elucidate the evolution and distribution of scientific production regarding research on these biomaterials, the authors and institutions involved, and the most used descriptors/keywords in this field.
A general advanced broad search was performed in Web of Science Core Collection, using the terms "Silicate" and "Endod*." By means of the "Analyze Results" and "Citation Analysis" tools from Web of Science, bibliometric data were extracted. Bibliometric networks on co-authorship and keyword co-occurrence were illustrated using VOSviewer software tool.
Research in the field of silicate-based endodontic materials in endodontics has followed an exponential crescent tendency over the period between 1995 and 2020. Two major co-authorship networks lead the research production in the field, headed by Gandolfi MG and Prati C, and Rodríguez-Lozano FJ and Forner L; respectively. "Mineral trioxide aggregate," "MTA", "Biocompatibility," "Biodentine," and "In vitro" were the terms with the highest occurrence. The modal study type in this research area are laboratory studies, representing 77.7% of the total number of records. The relationship between keywords illustrates the recent tendency to assess biological properties of MTA and Biodentine, which could be extrapolated to other silicate-based materials.
The results from the present study highlight the exponential increase and distribution of scientific production on silicate-based materials in endodontics, along with the modal keywords used as descriptors and the major authorship networks involved. The predominance of laboratory studies in this research field reinforces the need for clinical studies, to extrapolate the reported performance and characteristics of silicate-based materials into the clinical setting.
The present study may aid the clinician's continuing education and evidence-based practice by providing knowledge and facilitating the literature search on the field of silicate-based biomaterials in endodontics.
对根管医学用硅酸盐基生物材料进行文献计量分析；阐明研究这些生物材料的科学文献的演变和分布，涉及的作者和机构，以及该领域使用最多的描述符/关键词。
在 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中进行了广泛的高级检索，使用了“Silicate”和“Endod*”这两个术语。通过 Web of Science 的“分析结果”和“引文分析”工具，提取了文献计量数据。使用 Vosviewer 软件工具展示了合著和关键词共现的文献计量网络。
1995 年至 2020 年期间，根管医学用硅酸盐基生物材料的研究呈指数增长趋势。两个主要的合著网络引领着该领域的研究成果，分别由 Gandolfi MG 和 Prati C、Rodríguez-Lozano FJ 和 Forner L 领导；“矿物三氧化物聚合体”、“MTA”、“生物相容性”、“Biodentine”和“体外”是出现频率最高的术语。该研究领域的典型研究类型是实验室研究，占总记录数的 77.7%。关键词之间的关系说明了最近评估 MTA 和 Biodentine 生物性能的趋势，这可能会推广到其他硅酸盐基材料。
本研究结果突出了根管医学用硅酸盐基材料科学文献的指数增长和分布，以及用作描述符的主要关键词和涉及的主要作者网络。该研究领域以实验室研究为主，这加强了临床研究的必要性，以便将报道的硅酸盐基材料的性能和特征外推到临床环境中。
本研究可以通过提供知识和促进硅酸盐基生物材料在根管医学领域的文献检索，帮助临床医生继续教育和循证实践。
