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Trial reportScientific reports2020

In vivo investigation of diode laser application on red complex bacteria in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a split-mouth randomised control trial.

Suné Mulder-van Staden, Haly Holmes, Jos Hille

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suné Mulder-van StadenFaculty of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Periodontics, University of the Western Cape, Fransie van Zijl drive, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa. smuldervanstaden@uwc.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0003-3847-9451
Haly HolmesFaculty of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Periodontics, University of the Western Cape, Fransie van Zijl drive, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8297-8536
Jos HilleDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
University of the Western Cape · ZANational Health Laboratory Service · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessment of the efficacy of a single 810 nm diode laser application as an adjunctive treatment modality during the first intervention of non-surgical periodontal therapy (NPT). 25 patients diagnosed with chronic periodontitis underwent a split-mouth randomised control trial. The periodontal pockets of the test quadrants were treated with an 810 nm diode laser as an adjunct to NPT (Picasso GaAlAs; AMD Lasers). The laser was set at 1.0 W continuous wave, 400 µm tip, 796 W/cm

Indexed as

AdultFemaleHumansLasers, SemiconductorMaleMiddle AgedPeriodontal DebridementPeriodontitis

Identifiers

PMID33277607
PMCPMC7718262
OpenAlexW3106648644

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