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Seyyedi, et al.: Effect of photobiomodulation on postoperative endodontic pain
is a subjective experience. The application of laser Financial support and sponsorship
irradiation of 780‑nm diode at 4–40 J/cm indicated Nil.
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no impact on pain reduction. This outcome may be Conflicts of interest
attributed to variations in radiation parameters and the The authors of this manuscript declare that they have
limited number of examined patients in each group, no conflicts of interest, real or perceived, financial or
just 15, and it can also impact the study outcome. non‑financial in this article.
Barciela et al. indicated no significance in
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