OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry is 42. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
News and Notes	147
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	119
Letter to the editor in regard to the article “Occlusal devices in France: An assessment of professional practice”	116
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	85
News and notes	81
Use of aluminum foil to facilitate open-tray implant impressions	80
Digital design and fabrication of a guiding template for preparing occlusal rest seats in removable partial denture abutments	79
Estimating Ni, Cr, Co, and Mo release from 3 dental casting alloys in saliva and blood at 6 and 12 months by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy	76
Coordinate-based data analysis of the accuracy of five intraoral scanners for scanning completely dentate and partially edentulous mandibular arches	68
Dental mini-implant designs to support overdentures: Development, biomechanical evaluation, and 3D digital image correlation	68
The link between abutment configuration and marginal bone loss in subcrestally placed posterior implant-supported restorations	68
Short-term and long-term success and survival rates of implants supporting single-unit and multiunit fixed prostheses: A systematic review and meta-analysis	68
Can researchers attract serendipity?	67
News and Notes	67
CAD-CAM of elastic plugs with multilayer porous channels following 3D construction of jaw cyst-mucosa-dentition after decompression: A dental technique	65
Influence of splinting scan bodies or incorporating three-dimensionally printed scan aids on the trueness of complete arch digital scans	65
News and Notes	59
Letter to the Editor regarding, “Antimycotic prophylaxis with multispecies probiotics against oral candidiasis in new complete denture wearers: A randomized clinical trial”	59
Sponsoring Organizations and Liaisons	58
Utilizing additively manufactured custom devices to record mandibular motion by using optical jaw tracking systems: A dental technique	54
Nasal function in patients with maxillectomy using various obturator designs	53
Effect of 2-ethylhexyl salicylate incorporation on the color stability of different maxillofacial silicone elastomers after outdoor weathering	53
News and Notes	52
Digital workflow for definitive immediately loaded complete arch CAD-CAM implant-supported prosthesis in 3 appointments without using intraoral scanning	52
Dental prosthesis use and mortality: A time-varying exposure analysis with machine learning	51

A cross-sectional study for prevalence and risk factors of peri-implant marginal bone loss	50
Socket shield technique in implant dentistry: An AI-based bibliometric analysis	50
Bilabial-protruding, mouth-opening and tongue-depressing stent for proton radiation therapy	49
Digital replication of the peri-implant soft tissue contour of implant-supported crowns: A dental technique	47
Custom-fabricated nasal conformers and surgical stents in the management of midfacial acid burn injuries: A clinical report	47
Discrepancies of centric occlusion located by using a conventional method and four intraoral scanners combined with a computer-aided design program: A pilot investigation	47
Long-term effect of gastric juice alternating with brushing on the surface roughness, topography, and staining susceptibility of CAD-CAM monolithic materials	46
Analysis of the esthetic preferences of Spanish laypersons and dentists regarding the different width proportions of the maxillary anterior teeth	46
Influence of scan extension and starting quadrant on the accuracy of four intraoral scanners for fabricating tooth-supported crowns	46
Alignment accuracy of soft tissue and implant position scans captured by using four intraoral scanners and an intraoral photogrammetry system with and without coded healing abutments	45
Three-dimensional finite element analysis of zygomatic implants for rehabilitation of patients with a severely atrophic maxilla	45
CAD-CAM milled complete dentures with custom disks and prefabricated artificial teeth: A dental technique	44
Effect of CAD-CAM ceramic materials on the color match of veneer restorations	43
Impact of dental restorations and removable prostheses on potentially malignant oral mucosal disorders in the general population	43
A comparison between commercially available artificial intelligence-based and conventional human expert-based digital workflows for designing anterior crowns	43
Digital versus conventional prosthetic workflow for dental students providing implant-supported single crowns: A randomized crossover study	42
Effect of industrial scanner and framework material interaction on the marginal gaps of CAD-CAM complete arch implant frameworks	42
Cast metal sprue as an alternative to dental floss for splinting open tray impression copings for complete-arch implant impressions	42