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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Influence of Surgical Flap Design (Envelope and Szmyd) for Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars on Clinical Periodontal Parameters: A Clinical Trial.

Muhtada Ahmad, Zafar Ali Khan, Tahir Ullah Khan, Montaser N Alqutub, Sameer A Mokeem, Abdulrahman M AlMubarak, Mehmood Haider, Mansour Al-Askar, Naseer Ahmed, Nada Aldahiyan and 2 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. 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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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhtada AhmadDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dow Dental College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Zafar Ali KhanDepartment of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al Jouf 72345, Saudi Arabia.
Tahir Ullah KhanDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital Medical Teaching Institute, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.
Montaser N AlqutubDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Sameer A MokeemDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman M AlMubarakDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Mehmood HaiderDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi 75300, Pakistan.
Mansour Al-AskarDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Naseer AhmedDepartment of Prosthodontics, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi 75500, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0960-1123
Nada AldahiyanDepartment of Restorative Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Fahim VohraDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6204-7985
Tariq AbduljabbarDepartment of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7266-5886
King Saud University · SAAbbasi Shaheed Hospital · PKDow University of Health Sciences · PKJouf University · SAKarachi Medical and Dental College · PKLady Reading Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the influence of flap designs (Envelope flap (EF) and Szmyd flap (SF)) for impacted mandibular third molar extraction, on periodontal pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment loss (CAL) and bone levels (BL) of second molar. Sixty patients indicated for third molar extractions with healthy second molars were allocated into two groups: EF and SF (

Indexed as

Molar, ThirdTooth, ImpactedHumansMolarPeriodontal IndexSurgical Flapsbone lossperiodontal attachment lossperiodontal pocketsurgical flapsthird molar

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PMID33922323
PMCPMC8122778
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