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Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser
By Dr. Hanaa ElShenawy , Prof. Adel Elkhodary , Dr. Ali Saafan , Dr. Howida Sharaf , Dr. Sahar Al-Hadedi , Dr. Mostafa Mostafa
Submited on: 19 Oct 2010 07:04:29 PM GMT
Published on: 19 Oct 2010 09:56:47 PM GMT
 
Management of Periodontitis in Patients with Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Lasers
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 13 Feb 2014 07:06:06 PM GMT Reviewed by Interested Peers

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The aim of the authors is to describe the management of periodontitis in patients who have Down Syndrome using low energy diode lasers.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes- it would be a great lecture for periodontal postgraduate students.


  • Other Comments:

    Patients with Down Syndrome have a tendency to develop extensive periodontal problems at a young age.  Thirty five patients were studied in the authors' study.  The authors provide an extensive methods section which can be well replicated.

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Management of Periodontitis in Patients with Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Lasers[Review of the article 'Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser ' by Mostafa M].WebmedCentral 2014;5(2):WMCRW002978
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New dental field
Posted by Dr. Maha Abouzaid on 18 Dec 2010 10:49:52 PM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    This work is interesting and I think laser is a new field emerging in dentistry..However,I have few comments on the paper:

    - No need for the use of the plaque index as it is a measure for the oral hygiene.

    - The attachment loss should be used as the indicator for periodontitis and not probing depth.

    - I prefer photos to be separated and not joined together.

    - In the text, some references are superscripted and others are not.

    - Abbreviations are better listed beside each other , not tabulated.

    - Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is abbrevaited as A.a.and Porphyromonas gingivalis as P.g.

    - In bacterial sampling and analysis, "at" following "baseline" should be ommitted and replaced by a comma.

    - In the first paragraph of the discussion, mitral valve should not be in capital letters.

    - In paragraph no 4 of the discussion, reference 9 should be corrected to reference 8.

    - In paragraph 5 of the discussion, "on the contrary of the suggested" should be corrected to "on the contrary to that suggested".

     

    Thanks

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Orodental genetics at the National Research Centre in cairo

  • How to cite:  Abouzaid M .New dental field[Review of the article 'Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser ' by Mostafa M].WebmedCentral 2014;1(12):WMCRW00259
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Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser
Posted by Dr. Ahmed A Thabet on 26 Nov 2010 10:14:13 PM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    Dear The WebmedCentral Team:

     

    Regarding the manuscript entitled "Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser." by Dr. Mostafa Mostafa. It is a good work and I recommend publication, but I have a minor comments:

     

    1- Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans is known to abbreviated as A.A. not Actino. A. This abbreviation should be mentioned at the beginning in the introduction and standardized through the whole document including list of abbreviations and table 3.

     

    2- References 2 and 3 at the end of 2nd paragraph in introduction should not be superscript. 

     

    3- In the list of abbreviation P. Gingivalis is written incorrect (Gingivalis. P.).

     

    4- In Table 1, 1st left column should be corrected regarding right side (SRP + LAS) and left side (SRP alone).

     

                                              

                                                  Thank you

                                        Dr. Ahmed A. Thabet

     

  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Different laser application in dentistry invivo and invitro.

  • How to cite:  Thabet A A.Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser[Review of the article 'Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser ' by Mostafa M].WebmedCentral 2014;1(11):WMCRW00176
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Management of Periodontitis in Patients with Down Syndrome using Low energy Diode Laser
Posted by Dr. Iman A Helwa on 03 Nov 2010 08:14:52 AM GMT

  • Other Comments: I found this article very interesting, informative & conclusively to the point. However , i can see lots of effort put in it on both literal & practical (laboratory) basis, but i believe that only the dental part of work was clearly exemplified whereas the laboratory part of work was oversimplified & simply stated & bypassed. I see that although a dental article, the lab work must be illustrated in full details starting from sampling down to extraction, thermal protocol & amplification curves interpretation.This will add value to the publication & besides it will provide practical guidelines for any colleague to follow if he is interested in the same field.
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    Master of Clinical & Chemical Pathology, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine ,Cairo, Egypt MD degree of Clinical & Chemical Pathology, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine ,Cairo, Egypt 10 years employmentas a specialist in the Medical Research Centre,Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine ,Cairo, Egypt. 6 years emplyment as a researcher in the National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
  • How to cite:  Helwa I A.Management of Periodontitis in Patients with Down Syndrome using Low energy Diode Laser[Review of the article 'Management Of Periodontitis In Patients With Down Syndrome Using Low Energy Diode Laser ' by Mostafa M].WebmedCentral 2014;1(11):WMCRW00108
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