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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. 16.9% 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%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

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 (706 and 528 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 706 works
  2. 2 India 528 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 313 works
  4. 4 United States 309 works
  5. 5 China 282 works
  6. 6 Egypt 218 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 184 works
  8. 8 Iran 166 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 118 works
  10. 10 Germany 103 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: 24.1%India: 18.0%Türkiye: 10.7%United States: 10.6%6 others listed: 36.6%24%largest
Brazil706 · 24.1%India528 · 18.0%Türkiye313 · 10.7%United States309 · 10.6%6 others listed1,071 · 36.6%

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

Which institutions lead Dental Erosion and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Dental Erosion and Treatment research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Saveetha University.

Who are the leading researchers in Dental Erosion and Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dental Erosion and Treatment include Falk Schwendicke and Kurt Binder.

  1. 1 Falk Schwendicke Germany 3.9k citations
  2. 2 Kurt Binder Germany 3.5k citations

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

Where is Dental Erosion and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Dental Erosion and Treatment research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 168 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 95 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 77 works
  4. 4 Cairo Egypt 74 works
  5. 5 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 69 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 55 works
  7. 7 Ankara Türkiye 54 works
  8. 8 Campinas Brazil 53 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 53 works
  10. 10 Baghdad Iraq 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 27.8 works115×
  2. Ponta GrossaBR · 21.8 works50×
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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, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa and Alexandria University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.61%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: 13, 25.9%Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa: 22, 38.7%Alexandria University: 20, 20.0%King Khalid University: 14, 16.9%King Saud University: 35, 19.7%University of Hong Kong: 23, 30.5%University of Bern: 15, 30.2%Cairo University: 29, 13.4%Mansoura University: 27, 18.2%Universidade de São Paulo: 70, 12.6%Universidade Estadua…Imam Abdulrahman Bin…Alexandria UniversityKing Khalid University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.325.9%16.1×13 +533.5%
2 Universidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaBrazil 68.338.7%49.6×22 -6.3%
3 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 67.820.0%10.1×20 +195.4%
4 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.916.9%8.9×14 +317.4%
5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.619.7%8.9×35 +57.9%
6 University of Hong KongHong Kong 63.430.5%6.2×23 +78.8%
7 University of BernSwitzerland 61.530.2%8.5×15 +40.2%
8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 60.313.4%8.7×29 +173.8%
9 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 60.018.2%13.8×27 +40.9%
10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 59.312.6%9.3×70 +4.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Dental Erosion and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.