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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Assessment of Disinfection Potential of Q-Switch Nd: YAG Laser on Contaminated Titanium Implant Surfaces.

Melanie Namour, Marwan El Mobadder, Baudouin Mulongo, Olivier Fagnart, Assaf Harb, André Peremans, Tim Verspecht, Wim Teughels, Samir Nammour, Eric Rompen

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Melanie NamourDepartment of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-7263
Marwan El MobadderDepartment of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1813-2688
Baudouin MulongoLaboratoire de Microbiologie CEBIODI, Hospital Saint Jean, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Olivier FagnartLaboratoire de Microbiologie CEBIODI, Hospital Saint Jean, 32, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Assaf HarbLaboratoire CEBIODI, Hospital Saint Anne, Saint Remi, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
André PeremansLaboratoire Physique de la Matière et du Rayonnement, Université de Namur, 5000 Namur, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9223-3511
Tim VerspechtDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Kapucijnenvoer 33, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0269-4283
Wim TeughelsDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, Dentistry, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), University Hospitals Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Samir NammourDepartment of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0321-9764
Eric RompenDepartment of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
University of Liège · BEClinique Saint Jean · BEKU Leuven · BEUniversity of Namur · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peri-implantitis (PI) is a relatively frequent pathology that compromises the overall survival of the dental implant. Adjunctive approaches for the conventional mechanical debridement are being suggested to optimize the treatment of PI. The goal of the study was the assessment of the disinfection potential of the Q-Switch Nd: YAG laser on contaminated titanium implant surfaces. A total of 72 sterile titanium discs were used and divided into three groups: 24 contaminated titanium discs treated with the laser (study Group L), 24 contaminated titanium discs with no treatment (control 1-Group C), and 24 sterile titanium discs with no treatment (control 2-Group S). Multi-species biofilm was used: Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, and Prevotella intermedia. Commensal bacteria were included also: Actinomyces naeslundii, Actinomyces viscosus, Streptococcus cristatus, Streptococcus gordonii, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus parasanguinis, and Veillonella parvula. Parameters delivered per pulse on the targeted surfaces of the titanium discs were an energy density of 0.597 J/cm

Indexed as

dental implantdisinfectionimplantlaserperi-implantitisperiodontologytitanium

Identifiers

PMID34683666
PMCPMC8537820
OpenAlexW3205022101

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