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ArticleLasers in medical science2023

Single session of laser photobiomodulation for symptom management of oral lichen planus: a retrospective study.

Andrea Roccon, Francesco Cavallin, Gastone Zanette, Christian Bacci

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2023. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Treatments in oral lichen planus: a review.Frontiers in oral health · 2026
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea RocconDepartment of Neurosciences, Section of Clinical Dentistry, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 2, Padova, Italy. andrearoccon1996@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-1090
Francesco CavallinIndependent Statistician, Solagna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0831-3971
Gastone ZanetteDepartment of Neurosciences, Section of Clinical Dentistry, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 2, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-1017
Christian BacciDepartment of Neurosciences, Section of Clinical Dentistry, University of Padua, via Giustiniani, 2, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-6227
University of Padua · ITIstituto Nazionale di Statistica · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a single session of laser photobiomodulation (PBM) with flat top handpiece in reducing painful symptoms in patients with Oral Lichen Planus (OLP). The clinical charts of 20 patients of the Dental Clinic of University of Padua (Italy) who underwent a single laser PBM to manage OLP symptomatology were retrospectively analyzed. A 980 nm diode laser and a flat top handpiece with a 1-cm

Indexed as

Lichen Planus, OralLow-Level Light TherapyHumansLasers, SemiconductorPainRetrospective StudiesFlat top handpieceLaserLLLTOral lichen planusPhotobiomodulationVAS

Identifiers

PMID36656450
PMCPMC9849837
OpenAlexW4317479779

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