Q2 2026 Citation Audit

HIGHFIXED SUCRA misinterpretation in sodium-bicarbonate-implants-evidence

Original wording: "Yuan Zi-le et al. (2025)… found erythritol showed advantages in reducing probing depth compared to glycine and trehalose in the network meta-analysis, though direct pairwise comparisons showed no statistically significant differences in several outcomes."

Issue: The Zi-le et al. 2025 network meta-analysis reports SUCRA scores (erythritol 84.1, trehalose 48.0, glycine 28.5) for probing depth reduction. SUCRA is a probabilistic ranking metric; it expresses the probability that a treatment is the best in the network. On its own, SUCRA does not establish clinically significant superiority. The study found no statistically significant pairwise differences between the three powders. The original wording implied clinical superiority that the study does not support.

Correction applied: The passage now specifies that erythritol ranked numerically highest on SUCRA probability analysis, explains what SUCRA is, and states that no pairwise comparisons reached statistical significance. The article now notes that the ranking reflects probabilistic ordering, not a confirmed clinical advantage.

Status: Correction live on the article as of April 16, 2026.

HIGHFIXED Counter-evidence on sodium bicarbonate added

Issue: The sodium-bicarbonate-implants-evidence article relied primarily on in vitro surface-roughness studies and did not cite independent clinical and microscopic evidence on soft-tissue and surface effects.

Correction applied: Simon et al., 2015 (PMID 25727403) was added. This is a double-blind RCT on 22 chronic periodontitis patients showing that glycine air polishing caused only minor gingival epithelial erosion (scores 1–2), whereas sodium bicarbonate and ultrasonic caused moderate-to-severe erosions (scores 3–4). Tamilselvi et al., 2021 (PMID 32804106) was also added: atomic force microscopy analysis of enamel and cementum reporting that glycine was the least rough on soft tissues and sodium bicarbonate produced significantly higher roughness. These additions strengthen the article's evidence base across clinical and microscopic levels.

Status: Both citations live on the article as of April 16, 2026.

MEDIUMPENDING SUCRA wording in erythritol-vs-glycine-clinical-evidence

Issue: The erythritol-vs-glycine article presents the same Zi-le 2025 SUCRA scores. The article's current wording is defensible but benefits from the same clarification as the sodium-bicarbonate article: SUCRA is probabilistic, and no pairwise difference reached significance. A phrasing pass is scheduled to align both articles on SUCRA interpretation.

Status: Editorial review scheduled. Article currently stands as originally published.

MEDIUMPENDING subgingival-air-polishing-guide — Flemmig 2012 and Müller 2014

Both citations appear in the article in the bare format of author plus year, without a journal, PMID, or DOI. Neither can be verified against PubMed as currently presented. The corrective action is either to provide the full citation (journal, PMID or DOI) or to remove the citation. A replacement option is to cite Simon 2015 (PMID 25727403) directly for the clinical soft-tissue comparison, which is what the Flemmig-attributed claim was drawn from in the original draft.

MEDIUMPENDING biofilm-disclosing-before-instrumentation — "15–25% improvement"

The article reports that plaque visualization "significantly improves outcomes by 15–25%" without citing the source for that range. The corrective action is either to cite a specific systematic review or meta-analysis that supports the range, or to soften the claim to "studies suggest disclosure improves outcomes" without the specific percentage.

MEDIUMPENDING biofilm-disclosing and prophylaxis-protocols — "iTOP prospective cohort study"

Both articles reference an iTOP prospective cohort study without naming authors, year, or journal. The corrective action is to provide a full citation or remove the reference pending verification.

MEDIUMPENDING prophylaxis-protocols-compared — "BMC Oral Health 2024 GBT study"

The article cites a 2024 BMC Oral Health study on GBT vs. SRP without naming the authors. The specific numerical comparisons quoted (77.9% vs. 80.1%, 84.1% vs. 84.4%) cannot be independently verified without a complete citation. The corrective action is to identify the authors and update the citation.

LOWPENDING patient-comfort-prophylaxis-evidence — Abdulbaqi pain-claim wording

The article attributes a specific claim about patient-perceived pain to Abdulbaqi et al., 2022 (PMID 34318577). The abstract confirms that erythritol air polishing can substitute hand and ultrasonic instrumentation in supportive therapy and that clinical attachment level gain is improved as an adjunct in active therapy. The specific "inflicted less pain and was better perceived" wording is not confirmed from the abstract alone. The corrective action is to verify the exact wording against the full text or to soften to a comparable claim that the abstract supports directly.