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ArticleJournal of Indian Society of Periodontology

Therapeutic effects of diode laser on vascular epulis in esthetic area.

Tie-Lou Chen, Xiao-Man Wang, Xin-Hai Zhang, Jun Chen, Jin Liu

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Article in Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tie-Lou ChenDepartment of Periodontal, Oral Center of PLA, Affiliated First Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Man WangOrthodontic, Oral Center of PLA, Affiliated First Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xin-Hai ZhangOrthodontic, Oral Center of PLA, Affiliated First Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Jun ChenDepartment of Periodontal, Oral Center of PLA, Affiliated First Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Jin LiuDepartment of Periodontal, Oral Center of PLA, Affiliated First Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Second Military Medical University · CNChanghai Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular epulis is a rare clinical disease. In our study, a case of vascular epulis in the cosmetic area was treated by diode laser, without recurrence and obvious inflammation in the surgical site 5 years after surgery. This case report indicates that the excision of vascular epulis in the cosmetic area of the anterior teeth by diode laser could be an alternatively safe and complementary approach in lieu of conventional surgery.

Indexed as

Diode laseresthetic areaesthetic managementlaser surgeryminimally invasivevascular epulis

Identifiers

PMID33642746
PMCPMC7904022
OpenAlexW3118796361

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