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| Title |
Does low level laser therapy relieve the pain caused by the placement of the orthodontic separators? ----a meta-analysis
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| Published in |
Head & Face Medicine, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13005-015-0085-6 |
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| Authors |
Quan Shi, Shuo Yang, Fangfang Jia, Juan Xu |
| Abstract |
Pain caused by orthodontic treatment can affect patient's compliance and even force them to terminate treatments. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate of the analgesic effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) after placement of the orthodontic separators. Five databases: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, China Biology Medicine disc (SinoMed CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched for all the appropriate studies in June, 2014. Two reviewers screened the research results under our inclusion criteria and evaluated the risk of bias independently. Then the data of the included studies was extracted for quantitative analysis by the Review Manager 5.1 software. Six studies were included in our meta-analysis finally. Comparing to the placebo group, the LLLT has good analgesic effect at 6 h, 1d, 2d, 3d after placement of separators which is of statistical significance. While at 2 h, 4d, 5d after the placement, the results tend to support LLLT, but not statistically significant. Based on current included studies, LLLT can reduce the pain caused by the placement of separators effectively. However, because of the high heterogeneity, well designed RCTs are required in the future. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| South Africa | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 70 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Researcher | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 61% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 21 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2015.
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#3
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