Component network meta-analysis of scaffold materials, platelet-rich fibrin and barrier membranes for alveolar ridge preservation
Jian Zhang, Jie Zhong, Shihan Huang, Ling Zhang · 2026
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Description
Jian Zhang, Jie Zhong, Shihan Huang, and Ling Zhang present a 2026 analysis on keeping the tooth socket ridge from shrinking after a tooth is pulled. Preservation mixes several parts: a scaffold, a platelet-rich fibrin add-on, and a barrier membrane. Standard combined analyses judge whole protocols at once and cannot say which part does the work.
Their component method splits each protocol into its parts and weighs each part's own effect. Trials were gathered from four databases, and thirty-one were kept. Outcomes were ridge width change and height change on the cheek side. Additive and interaction models tested whether parts simply add up or alter each other.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jian Zhang, Jie Zhong, Shihan Huang, Ling Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |