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Abstract The Brazilian Dental Journal (BDJ) was officially launched in 1990, stimulated by the courage and boldness of researchers dedicated to teaching and research in dentistry. The journal was conceived in a worldwide coverage and universal language to allow publication of the results of Brazilian studies, which otherwise would not be accessible to the scientific dental community. In the year we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of BDJ, this article presents a brief overview of Brazilian dental research and a bibliometric analysis of the articles published in this journal as a contribution to our readers and fellow researchers. The purpose was to identify the mot frequent categories of study, the most published areas of dentistry and BDJ's top 50 most-cited articles in the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. A search was performed on all BDJ online issues published from 1990 to 2019. In this period, BDJ published 1,710 articles. Based on their distribution by category of study, 557 articles were in the basic research/dental materials area, 527 in the basic research/biology area and 280 in the clinical research area. Eight articles were cited more than 100 times in the Scopus database and 266 times in the Google Scholar database. Endodontics was the most published area. This overview of BDJ production over those 30 years allows establishing a profile of the characteristics, impact and trends of the published studies, as well as the journal's contribution to the top 50 most-cited articles in the Scopus and Google Scholar databases.
Resumo A coragem e ousadia de pesquisadores dedicados ao ensino e pesquisa em odontologia incentivaram a criação em 1990 do Brazilian Dental Journal (BDJ). Esta revista nasceu com o objetivo de permitir a divulgação de resultados de pesquisas brasileiras em uma abrangência e linguagem universal para o mundo. Certamente, estes dados poderiam não ser de conhecimento público para a comunidade científica da odontologia. No ano de comemoração do trigésimo aniversário do BDJ, este estudo apresenta uma breve reflexão envolvendo a pesquisa odontológica e uma análise bibliométrica das publicações desta revista, que podem contribuir para profissionais, pesquisadores e colegas estrangeiros da odontologia. Nesse contexto, buscou-se identificar os 50 artigos mais citados nas bases de dados Scopus e Google Scholar, as áreas mais citadas e as categorias de estudos. Portanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa manual em todos os números do BDJ publicados on-line de 1990 a 2019. O BDJ publicou 1710 artigos científicos, sendo 557 artigos na área de pesquisa básica/materiais dentários, 527 artigos na área de pesquisa básica/biologia e 280 artigos em pesquisa clínica. Oito artigos foram citados mais de 100 vezes no Scopus e 266 na base de dados do Google Scholar. A endodontia foi a área temática mais estudada. O panorama geral das publicações feitas no BDJ em comemoração ao seu trigésimo ano de existência permite uma análise das características, impacto e tendências dos estudos, bem como a contribuição dos os 50 trabalhos mais citados nas bases de dados Scopus e Google Scholar.
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Periodicals as Topic , Endodontics , Brazil , Bibliometrics , Dental Research , DentistryABSTRACT
Abstract: Endodontic medicine, which addresses the bidirectional relationship between endodontic infections and systemic diseases, has gained prominence in the field of endodontics. There is much evidence showing that while systemic disease may influence the pathogenesis of endodontic infection, endodontic infection can also cause systemic alterations. These alterations include more severe bone resorption and inflammation in the periapical area as well as enhanced systemic disease symptoms. Similarly, many reports have described the impact of systemic diseases on the tissue responses to dental materials. Conversely, the local use of dental materials may show systemic effects in the form of altered production of biomarkers. Thus, studies to better understand the mechanisms related to those connections are extremely important. In this context, the objective of this review was to analyze and discuss the current literature regarding the connections among these three factors—systemic diseases, endodontic infection, and endodontic dental materials—and determine how these connections may interfere in the systemic health status and the endodontic treatment outcomes, which are represented by periapical wound healing.