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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2016

Clinical Evaluation of Low Level Diode Laser Application For Primary Teeth Pulpotomy.

K S Uloopi, C Vinay, A Ratnaditya, A Satya Gopal, K J N Mrudula, R Chandrasekhar Rao

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Clinical and radiographic outcomes of laser pulpotomy in vital primary teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2018
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  6. Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K S UloopiProfessor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
C VinayProfessor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
A RatnadityaReader, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
A Satya GopalFormer Resident, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
K J N MrudulaResident, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
R Chandrasekhar RaoProfessor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College , Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India .
MNR Dental College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInspite of latest advances in the materials and techniques practiced for the treatment of pulpally infected teeth with better reported success rate, still the question arises for safety and effectiveness of these medicaments.

aimThe objective of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of the Low Level Laser Therapy to Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) when used for pulpotomy in vital human primary molars. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe sample consisted of 40 primary molars from 29 children aged four to seven years. The teeth were selected based on clinical, radiographic criteria and randomly allocated to two groups. All the 40 primary molars were subjected to standard pulpotomy procedure, where in 20 molars received MTA (Group I) and 20 molars received LLLT (Group II) pulpotomy. Children were recalled at 3, 6 and 12 months intervals and pulpotomised molars were examined clinically and radiographically. Data was analysed using chi-square test.

resultsMTA showed 94.7% success rate at all the three intervals, where as LLLT showed a success of 95% at three months, which decreased gradually to 85% at six months and 80% at 12 months. Intergroup comparisons were not significant.

conclusionLow level laser therapy can be considered for primary teeth pulpotomy and its success is comparable to MTA pulpotomy technique.

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LasersMineral trioxide aggregatePrimary molars

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PMID26894180
PMCPMC4740708
OpenAlexW2298979552

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