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Trial reportLasers in medical science2016

The effect of low-level laser therapy on non-surgical periodontal treatment: a randomized controlled, single-blind, split-mouth clinical trial.

Hasan Gündoğar, Süleyman Ziya Şenyurt, Kamile Erciyas, Mehmet Yalım, Kemal Üstün

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07128134 (Evaluation of the Effects of the Low-level Laser Therapy as an Adjunct to Nonsurgical Treatment in Patients With Periimplantitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07128134 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Effects of the Low-level Laser Therapy as an Adjunct to Nonsurgical Treatment in Patients With Periimplantitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorMustafa Kemal UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled72ConditionsPeriimplantitisArmsLow Level Laser Therapy, Non-surgical Periodontal Treatment
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hasan GündoğarDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey. hgundogar@gmail.com.
Süleyman Ziya ŞenyurtDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Kamile ErciyasDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Mehmet YalımDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey.
Kemal ÜstünDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey.
Gaziantep University · TRAkdeniz University · TRGazi University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this split-mouth, single-blind, controlled clinical study was to evaluate the impact of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) as an adjunct to non-surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis. Twenty-five systemically healthy and non-smoking adults with chronic periodontitis who had at least two bilateral premolar teeth with probing pocket depth (PPD) of 7 ≥ x ≥ 5 mm were included in the study. In the periodontal examination of these patients, PPD, gingival index (GI), plaque index (PI), clinical attachment level (CAL), and bleeding on probing (BOP) were recorded at the baseline, first, third, and sixth months after treatment. Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples were taken at the baseline, first week, and first month after treatment. The collected GCF samples were analyzed using the MAGPIX™ system with a Bio-Plex Pro™ Human Cytokine 27-plex kit. After non-surgical periodontal treatment, LLLT with an energy density of 7.64 J/cm

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AdultChronic PeriodontitisDental Plaque IndexDental ScalingFemaleGingival Crevicular FluidHumansLow-Level Light TherapyMaleMiddle AgedPeriodontal IndexRoot PlaningSingle-Blind MethodChronic periodontitisCytokineLow-level laser therapyNon-surgical periodontal treatment

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PMID27523046
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