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Table 3.

Summary of Characteristics of 15 Articles

	Author	Energy dose (J) - per point	Energy dose (J) - per visit	Fluence (J/cm²)- per point	Clinical site: extraoral (E)/intraoral (I), contact (C)/noncontact (NC)	Contact points - per visit	Appointments (no.)	Appointment days	Statistical significant (yes, no)
1	Abohabib	102	102^a	36	I	1	4	D0, 7, 14, 21	Yes
2	Bozkaya	0.3	6	135	I, NC	20	7	D0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15	Yes
3	Ekizer	—	—	—	E- LED headset	1	21	D0–21	Yes
4	Elsyad	15^a	90	3750^a	I, NC	6	3	D0, D3, D7	Yes
5	Garcia	0.25	5	92.1	I, C	20	7	D0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14	No
6	Gokmenoglu	222	222^a	46.2	E- LED headset	1	9	D0, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21	Yes
7	Kinalski	4^a	24^a	11	I, NC	6	1	D1	No
8	Lobato	4.15^b	24.9^b	10.375^a	I, C	6	2	D0 (2 × )	No
9	Matys	4	8^a	8	I, C	2	6	D(-1), 0, 2, 4, 7, 14	No
10	Matys	4	8^a	8	I, C	2	5	D1, 2, 4, 7, 14	No
11	Memarian	20^a	20^a	20	I	1	5	D0, 3, 7, 10, 14	No
		222	222^b	46.2	E- LED headset	1	5	D0, 3, 7, 10, 14	No
12	Osman	42^a	42^a	—	I, NC	1	6	D0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 14	No
13	Palled	2	2^a	7.07	I, NC	1	4	D0, 2 week, 6 week, 12 week	Yes
14	Sleem	3^b	6^b	10.71^b	I, NC	2	8	D1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35	No
15	Torkzaban	4	8	14.18	I, C	2	7	D1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12	No

(—) indicates a value that cannot be derived from other reported values.

^{^a}

Indicates value was not reported in the literature and calculated by the authors with values given in the article.

^{^b}

Indicates value that was initially misreported and corrected by the authors' calculations.