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Trial reportBMC oral health2023

The effect of sage (Salvizan gel) compared to triamcinolone acetonide on the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial.

Fatemeh Abbasi, Zeinab Rasoulzadeh, Amirmohammad Yavari

Open access · goldFull text readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Oral Gel Formulation ofPharmaceutics · 2025
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  5. The Effects of Potato (Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatemeh AbbasiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Dental Research Center, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Zeinab RasoulzadehStudent Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Amirmohammad YavariStudent Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Amm.Yavari.4@gmail.com.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common lesions of the oral mucosa. Herbal medicine can be used for the treatment of this disease. The present study aimed to compare the effects of topical application of Sage (Salvizan) and triamcinolone acetonide gels on RAS.

methodsThis double-blind clinical study recruited sixty patients with minor aphthous ulcers. Half of the patients were treated with Salvizan gel, and the other half were treated with oral triamcinolone acetonide gel. The effect of Salvizan topical gel was evaluated and compared with that of oral triamcinolone acetonide gel. Factors such as Pain recovery time, wound healing time, and pain level was evaluated. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22 using independent t-test, paired t-test, repeated measures ANOVA, and survival analysis, including Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression.

resultsThe mean duration of pain recovery was 1.5 days for Salvizan and 2.5 days for triamcinolone acetonide (p < 0.001). Moreover, the duration of wound healing was 3.3 days for Salvizan and 6 days for triamcinolone acetonide (p < 0.001). Patients' satisfaction from factors such as taste and smell had no significant difference between the two groups.

conclusionThe results of this study showed that Salvizan gel is very effective in the treatment of RAS. It was significantly better than triamcinolone acetonide in the pain recovery and wound healing. These promising results favor herbal treatments and show that they can be used more commonly for treating diseases such as RAS.

trial registrationThis study was approved by the ethics committee of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR.MUI. RESEARCH: REC.1399.834) on 17/03/2021. It was also registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT20100202003251N7).

Indexed as

Stomatitis, AphthousTriamcinolone AcetonideGelsHumansIranPainGelsTriamcinolone AcetonideRecurrent aphthous stomatitisSalvizan gelTriamcinolone acetonide gel

Identifiers

PMID36934268
PMCPMC10024424
OpenAlexW4327814366

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