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Trial reportClinical oral investigations2016

Interdental papilla loss: treatment by hyaluronic acid gel injection: a case series.

Fatin A Awartani, Dimitris N Tatakis

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Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Food Impaction in Dentistry: Revisited.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2023
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  19. Papillary Reconstruction using Hyaluronic Acid: A Review.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fatin A AwartaniDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Darraiyah Campus, P.O. Box 52500, Riyadh, 11563, Saudi Arabia. fawartani@live.com.
Dimitris N TatakisDivision of Periodontolgy, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
King Saud University · SAThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe purpose of this prospective clinical trial was to examine the clinical and patient outcomes following esthetic reconstruction of interdental papilla loss in anterior teeth, using an injectable, non-animal-based, hyaluronic acid gel. MATERIALS AND

methodsTen systemically healthy adults, with at least one anterior site with class I or II interdental papilla loss, were recruited. Following local anesthesia, ∼0.2 ml of hyaluronic acid gel was injected directly into the base of the papilla. The injection was repeated twice 21 days later. Patients were seen monthly for follow-up. Lost papilla surface area was calculated from digital clinical photographs taken at baseline and at 4 and 6 months postoperatively. Differences in lost papilla surface area between baseline and postoperative time points were statistically analyzed. Participants completed questionnaires (satisfaction surveys).

resultsSeventeen sites (13 maxillary, 4 mandibular) were treated in 9 females who completed the study. The lost inderdental papilla area at baseline and at the 4- and 6-month postoperative visits was 1.2 ± 1.8 mm(2) (mean ± SD), 0.6 ± 0.9 mm(2), and 0.7 ± 0.7 mm(2), respectively. Differences between baseline and postoperative visits were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). Two thirds of the patients would choose to undergo the procedure again.

conclusionsUse of hyaluronic acid gel to treat interdental papilla loss resulted in significant improvement at 6 months. Patients expressed satisfaction with the obtained improvement and dissatisfaction with the associated procedure discomfort. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Treatment of interdental papilla loss (black triangle) by hyaluronic acid gel injection appears a promising modality to address this esthetic patient concern.

Indexed as

AdultDental PapillaEsthetics, DentalFemaleGelsHumansHyaluronic AcidInjectionsMiddle AgedPhotography, DentalProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeViscosupplementsGelsHyaluronic AcidViscosupplementsEsthetics, DentalGingivaHyaluronic acidIncisorInjectionsSurgical procedures, minimally invasive

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PMID26613740
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