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ArticleJournal of lasers in medical sciences2024

A Comparative Study of the Use of a 980 nm Diode Laser and 10600nm CO2 in the Treatment of Gingival Melanin Pigmentation.

Reza Birang, Sayed Mohsen Sadeghi, Ehsan Birang, Nafiseh Birang, Reza Fekrazad, Samaneh Soltani, Nasim Chiniforush, Jaber Yaghini

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Article in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Diode laser gingival peeling. case report.Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Reza BirangDepartment of Periodontology, Dental Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-0104
Sayed Mohsen SadeghiDepartment of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Ehsan BirangDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, International Campus, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nafiseh BirangPost Graduate Student of Physical Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Reza FekrazadRadiation Sciences Research Center, Laser Research Center in Medical Sciences, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samaneh SoltaniDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-1200
Nasim ChiniforushLaser Research Center of Dentistry, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jaber YaghiniDepartment of Periodontics, Dental Implants Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CO2 laserDepigmentationDiode laserGingival pigmentation

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PMID39802908
PMCPMC11725038

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