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ArticleLasers in medical science2014

Healing of normal and osteopenic bone with titanium implant and low-level laser therapy (GaAlAs): a histomorphometric study in rats.

Luana Marotta Reis de Vasconcellos, Mary Anne Moreira Barbara, Camila Porto Deco, Juliana Campos Junqueira, Renata Falchete do Prado, Ana Lia Anbinder, Luis Gustavo Oliveira de Vasconcellos, Carlos Alberto Alves Cairo, Yasmin Rodarte Carvalho

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luana Marotta Reis de VasconcellosDepartment of Bioscience and Oral Diagnosis, São Jose dos Campos School of Dentistry, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), Av. Engenheiro Francisco José Longo, 777, São José dos Campos, 12245-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mary Anne Moreira Barbara
Camila Porto Deco
Juliana Campos Junqueira
Renata Falchete do Prado
Ana Lia Anbinder
Luis Gustavo Oliveira de Vasconcellos
Carlos Alberto Alves Cairo
Yasmin Rodarte Carvalho
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study investigates the influence of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on bone healing in the femur of osteopenic and normal rats with titanium implants. Ovariectomy and control group were randomly submitted to LLLT, which was applied by gallium-aluminum-arsenium (GaAlAs) laser at the surgical site before and after placing the implant, for seven times. Histomorphometric and statistical analysis were performed. Most irradiated groups showed higher values than the nonirradiated groups. The GaAlAs infrared diode laser may improve the osseointegration process in osteopenic and normal bone, particularly based on its effects in the initial phase of bone formation.

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TitaniumAnimalsBone Diseases, MetabolicBone SubstitutesFemaleFemurLasers, SemiconductorLow-Level Light TherapyOsseointegrationOsteogenesisOvariectomyRatsWound HealingBone SubstitutesTitanium

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PMID23624654
OpenAlexW2045409407

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