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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2022

Low-Level Laser Therapy Role in Surgical Extractions: An Original Research.

Mazen Ahmad Almasri, Nag Bhushan Mandal, Purva Kulkarni, Ankita Raj, Asfar Zeya, Navaljeet Kaur Mann, Rahul V C Tiwari

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2022. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Mazen Ahmad AlmasriDepartment of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nag Bhushan MandalDepartment of Prosthodontics Crown and Bridge, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
Purva KulkarniConsultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ankita RajDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, Rama Dental College, Hospital and Research Center, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Asfar ZeyaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Adesh University, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
Navaljeet Kaur MannDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Army College of Dental Science, Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
Rahul V C TiwariDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Gujarat, India.
Adesh University · INBangalore Diabetes Centre · INKing Abdulaziz University · SARama Dental College Hospital & Research Centre · INSankalchand Patel University

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been of interest in the clinical application in dentistry. Hence, we evaluated the LLLT on the wound healing in the mandibular surgical extraction. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective clinical study with 50 male subjects, equally distributed as controls and cases. Routine surgical extraction was done for control group, and in case group, LLLT was applied after the extraction. Evaluation was done for various parameters and after comparison the Results: Significant difference was seen between the groups for the socket depth on 7 Conclusion: LLLT can be successfully used for the surgical extractions.

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Low-level laser therapysurgical extractionswound healing

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PMID36110779
PMCPMC9469430
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