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ArticleJournal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects2021

Clinical and microbiological evaluation of 940-nm diode laser as an adjunct to modified Widman flap for the management of chronic periodontitis: A 6-month randomized split-mouth clinical trial.

Ashish Agarwal, Anugrah Saxena, Shiva Shankar Gummaluri, Bharti Chaudhary, Karthikeyan Subramanyam S Sai, Geetika Kumar

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Article in Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

6 authors.

Ashish AgarwalDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5859-5575
Anugrah SaxenaDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shiva Shankar GummaluriDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bharti ChaudharyDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.
Karthikeyan Subramanyam S SaiDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.
Geetika KumarDepartment of Periodontology and Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chronic periodontitisColony-forming unitsDiode laserPeriodontal pocket debridementSurgical flap

Identifiers

PMID34386186
PMCPMC8346706
OpenAlexW3165454316

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