SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023
Benefits of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy as an Adjunct to Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment in Smokers with Periodontitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of subgingival irrigation with chemical agents as adjuvants to non-surgical periodontal therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Pooled it
- Novel biofilm-targeted therapeutics for oral infections: enzymes, EPS disruptors, phage/CRISPR, photodynamic and cold-plasma approaches - a systematic review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Near infrared photo-bacterialflora modulation technology realized controlling periodontitis: modulation of disease-associated dysbiosis in oral microbiota using near infrared photo-antibacterial targeting therapy (NIR-PATJournal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- The dynamic elimination effect of local adjuvant therapy on the periodontal microbiota.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze evidence of the clinical and microbiological benefits of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) adjunctive to scaling and root planing (SRP) in smokers with periodontitis. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) were included, through an electronic search in PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library for articles published in English until December 2022. The quality of the studies was assessed using the JADAD scale and the risk of bias was estimated using the Cochrane Collaboration assessment tool. Of the 175 relevant articles, eight RCTs were included. Of these, seven reported clinical results and five microbiological results, with a follow-up time of 3-6 months. A meta-analysis was performed for the probing depth (PD) reduction and clinical attachment level (CAL) gain at 3 and 6 months. The weighted mean differences (WMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were counted for the PD and CAL. The overall effect for the PD reduction at 3 and 6 months (WMD = -0.80, 95% CI = -1.44 to -0.17,
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