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ArticleLaser therapy2016

A randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of bite wafer and low level laser therapy in reducing pain following initial arch wire placement.

Shahin Bayani, Shima Rostami, Farzaneh Ahrari, Iman Saeedipouya

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Article in Laser therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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25citing 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

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Pharmacological interventions for pain relief during orthodontic treatment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  6. Low-level laser therapy and laser acupuncture therapy for pain relief after initial archwire placement : A randomized clinical trial.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shahin BayaniDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Shima RostamiDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Farzaneh AhrariDental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Iman SaeedipouyaDental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

arch wirebite waferibuprofenlaserlow level laserlow power laserorthodontic treatmentPaintherapy

Identifiers

PMID27721564
PMCPMC4961670
OpenAlexW2471382453

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Registered trials

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