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Dental Erosion and Treatment

Dental Erosion and Treatment is a research topic within Orthodontics. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on dental erosion, tooth whitening, and related topics such as dentine hypersensitivity, enamel microhardness, bleaching agents, saliva protection, erosive tooth wear, fluoride therapy, hydrogen peroxide effects, and the impact of acidic beverages on dental health.

  • Dental Erosion
  • Tooth Whitening
  • Dentine Hypersensitivity
  • Enamel Microhardness
  • Bleaching Agents
  • Saliva Protection
  • Erosive Tooth Wear
  • Fluoride Therapy
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Acidic Beverages
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dental Erosion and Treatment

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Dental Erosion and Treatment research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (797 and 631 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 797 works
  2. 2 India 631 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 400 works
  4. 4 United States 364 works
  5. 5 China 360 works
  6. 6 Egypt 255 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 209 works
  8. 8 Iran 187 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 140 works
  10. 10 Japan 119 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Brazil: 23.0%India: 18.2%Türkiye: 11.5%United States: 10.5%6 others listed: 36.7%23%largest
Brazil797 · 23.0%India631 · 18.2%Türkiye400 · 11.5%United States364 · 10.5%6 others listed1,270 · 36.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Dental Erosion and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Dental Erosion and Treatment research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 79 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 56 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 46 works
  4. 4 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 40 works
  5. 5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 36 works
  6. 6 University of BaghdadIraq 34 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 34 works
  8. 8 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 33 works
  9. 9 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 31 works
  10. 10 Stomatology HospitalChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dental Erosion and Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dental Erosion and Treatment include Walter Churchill Willett, Julian P. T. Higgins and Reza Malekzadeh.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  3. 3 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 278k citations
  4. 4 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Dental Erosion and Treatment?

The most cited paper in Dental Erosion and Treatment is "Dental caries" (Robert H. Selwitz, Amid Ibrahim Ismail, Nigel Berry Pitts, 2007), with 2,667 citations. Next come "Matrix Metalloproteinases and Other Matrix Proteinases in Relation to Cariology: The Era of ‘Dentin Degradomics'" (2,311) and "Resin composite—State of the art" (2,181).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dental caries Robert H. Selwitz, Amid Ibrahim Ismail, Nigel Berry Pitts · The Lancet 2007 2,667
2 Matrix Metalloproteinases and Other Matrix Proteinases in Relation to Cariology: The Era of ‘Dentin Degradomics' Leo Tjäderhane, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf, Marcela Carrilho et al. · Caries Research Open access 2015 2,311
3 Resin composite—State of the art Jack L. Ferracane · Dental Materials 19 Nov 2010 2,181
4 A Critical Review of the Durability of Adhesion to Tooth Tissue: Methods and Results Jan De Munck, K. Van Landuyt, Marleen Peumans et al. · Journal of Dental Research Feb 2005 1,975
5 Dental caries Nigel Berry Pitts, Domenick Thomas Zero, Phil D. Marsh et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers ReviewOpen access 24 May 2017 1,841
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Where is Dental Erosion and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Dental Erosion and Treatment research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Chennai (India), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Ponta Grossa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 186 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 112 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 95 works
  4. 4 CairoEgypt 85 works
  5. 5 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 76 works
  6. 6 AnkaraTürkiye 72 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 63 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 62 works
  9. 9 CampinasBrazil 59 works
  10. 10 BaghdadIraq 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 32.8 works112×
  2. Ponta GrossaBR · 25.0 works50×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dental Erosion and Treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dental Erosion and Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Hong Kong, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa and King Saud University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadua…University of Hong K…University of BernKing Saud University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Hong KongChina 84.726.4%7.1×30 +40.1%
2Universidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaBrazil 73.526.9%54.6×25 +27.7%
3King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.214.2%9.1×40 +49.7%
4University of BernSwitzerland 67.719.4%6.3×16 +17.8%
5Mansoura UniversityEgypt 64.717.4%15.3×31 +50.8%
6Universidade de São PauloBrazil 62.08.7%8.6×79 +1.9%
7Alexandria UniversityEgypt 61.316.8%11.3×23 +22.9%
8Saveetha UniversityIndia 59.87.5%10.6×46 +87.0%
9King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 58.815.0%9.8×16 +26.4%
10King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 58.610.2%9.9×24 +64.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Dental Erosion and Treatment, country by country

Is Dental Erosion and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dental Erosion and Treatment.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dental Erosion and Treatment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Dental Erosion and Treatment0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dental Erosion and Treatment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Dental Erosion and Treatment9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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