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SynthesisLasers in medical science2017

Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in management of symptomatic oral lichen planus: a systematic review.

Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri, Butchibabu Kalakonda, Walid A Al-Soneidar, Hashem Motahir Al-Shamiri, Mohammed Sultan Alakhali, Nader Alaizari

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Lasers in medical science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. [Treatment of oral lichen planus-a review].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
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  20. Photobiomodulation (low-level laser) therapy for immediate pain relief of persistent oral ulcers in chronic graft-versus-host disease.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sadeq Ali Al-MaweriDepartment of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sadali05@hotmail.com.
Butchibabu KalakondaDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Walid A Al-SoneidarDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Hashem Motahir Al-ShamiriDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Sultan AlakhaliDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Nader AlaizariDepartment of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Farabi College · SAJazan University · SAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology and indefinite cure. This systematic review assessed the efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the treatment of symptomatic OLP. Electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) were searched from date of inception till and including December 2016, using various combinations of the following keywords: oral lichen planus, laser therapy, low-level laser therapy, and phototherapy. Owing to heterogeneity of data, no statistical analyses were conducted. Initially, 227 publications were identified. After selection, only six studies were included in this systematic review. In these studies, the laser wavelengths, power output, and duration of irradiation ranged between 630-980 nm, 20-300 mW, and 10 s-15 min, respectively. All of the included studies found laser to be effective in management of OLP, without any reported adverse effects. The results of the included studies confirm that low-level laser therapy is effective in management of symptomatic OLP and can be used as an alternative to corticosteroids. However, due to variety of methods and substantial variations in laser parameters among these studies, more randomized clinical trials with large sample sizes are highly warranted.

Indexed as

Low-Level Light TherapyAdultAgedFemaleHumansLichen Planus, OralMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeEfficacyLaser therapyManagementOral lichen planus

Identifiers

PMID28536905
OpenAlexW2620433004

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