Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42110466›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Comparative efficacy of semiconductor laser and sodium hypochlorite irrigation for elimination of

Jiamin Lu, Rui Xu, Chen Tang, Min Zhou

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Jiamin Lu *Department of Endodontics, Changzhou Stomatological Hospital, Changzhou, China.
Rui Xu *Department of Stomatology, Changzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changzhou, China.
Chen TangDepartment of Endodontics, Changzhou Stomatological Hospital, Changzhou, China.
Min ZhouDepartment of Endodontics, Changzhou Stomatological Hospital, Changzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Persistent Methods: A total of 102 patients with chronic apical periodontitis and confirmed Results: Both groups demonstrated significant reductions in bacterial load from S1 to S3 ( Conclusion: Semiconductor laser irradiation combined with sodium hypochlorite irrigation demonstrates significantly superior antimicrobial efficacy against

Indexed as

antimicrobial efficacyendodontic treatmentEnterococcus faecalisroot canal disinfectionsemiconductor lasersodium hypochlorite

Identifiers

PMID42110466
PMCPMC13149189

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.