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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Treatment of Residual Periodontal Pockets Using a Hyaluronic Acid-Based Gel: A 12 Month Multicenter Randomized Triple-Blinded Clinical Trial.

Andrea Pilloni, Blerina Zeza, Davor Kuis, Domagoj Vrazic, Tomislav Domic, Iwona Olszewska-Czyz, Christina Popova, Kamen Kotsilkov, Elena Firkova, Yana Dermendzieva and 4 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Andrea PilloniDepartment of Dental and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Section of Periodontology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Blerina ZezaDepartment of Dental and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Section of Periodontology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7467-468X
Davor KuisDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
Domagoj VrazicDepartment of Periodontology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Tomislav DomicDental Polyclinic Zagreb, Perkovceva 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Iwona Olszewska-CzyzDepartment of Periodontology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul.Montelupich 4, 31-155 Krakow, Poland.
Christina PopovaDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Kamen KotsilkovDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-3160-7975
Elena FirkovaDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Yana DermendzievaDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Angelina TashevaDepartment of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Germano OrrùOral Biotechnology Laboratory (OBL), Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Anton SculeanDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Jelena PrpićDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-5888-1563

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the adjunctive effect of hyaluronic acid (HA) gel in the treatment of residual periodontal pockets over a 12-month period. Periodontal patients presenting at least one residual periodontal pocket 5-9 mm of depth in the anterior area were recruited from six university-based centers. Each patient was randomly assigned to subgingival instrumentation (SI) with the local adjunctive use of HA for test treatment or adjunctive use of local placebo for control treatment at baseline and after 3 months. Clinical parameters ( )probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BoP), plaque index (PI), recession (REC), clinical attachment level (CAL)) and microbiological samples for the investigation of the total bacterial count (TBC) and presence of specific bacterial species (

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hyaluronic acidperiodontal therapyperiodontitisresidual pockets

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PMID34438976
PMCPMC8388804

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