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ReviewJournal of lasers in medical sciences2019

The Effect of Photobiomodulation on Distraction Osteogenesis.

Sarvin Sarmadi, Behrad Tanbakuchi, Arian Hesam Arefi, Nasim Chiniforush

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Review in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Photobiomodulation for mucosal repair in patients submitted to dental extraction after head and neck radiation therapy: a double-blind randomized pilot study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
    Trial
  2. Photobiomodulation therapy.JADA foundational science · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
    Article
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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 2 countries.

Sarvin SarmadiDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behrad TanbakuchiDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arian Hesam ArefiOrthodontist.
Nasim ChiniforushLaser Research Center of Dentistry (LRCD), Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRAmerican Association of Orthodontists · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a surgical procedure to increase bone height in different body parts. DO includes a surgical incision, wherein the bone is cut and a device is installed for further separation of the two ends by gradual unscrewing of the device screw. New bone gradually forms and fills the gap, and the bone height increases as such. Photobiomodulation (PBM) or low-level laser therapy (LLLT) enhances the formation of soft and hard tissue such as bone and can, therefore, accelerate the process of DO and shorten the duration of different surgical phases of DO such as latency, activation, and consolidation. Different laser types with variable exposure settings and protocols have been used for this purpose. The gallium-aluminum-arsenide (GaAlAs) diode laser is the most commonly used laser type for LLLT. This study reviews 18 published articles on the effects of LLLT on DO and summarizes their findings to further elucidate this topic.

Indexed as

Bone HealingDistraction OsteogenesisLow-Level Laser TherapyPhotobiomodulationSurgically-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion

Identifiers

PMID31875127
PMCPMC6885913
OpenAlexW2980326134

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