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Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery

INTRODUCTION: The analgesic effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) after mandibular third molar (MTM) extraction is controversial. The aim is to evaluate the effect of intraoral LLLT on postoperative pain after MTMs extraction. METHODS: Thirty patients with bilateral symmetrical impacted MTMs unde...

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Autor principal: Hamid, May Ayad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_5_17
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description INTRODUCTION: The analgesic effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) after mandibular third molar (MTM) extraction is controversial. The aim is to evaluate the effect of intraoral LLLT on postoperative pain after MTMs extraction. METHODS: Thirty patients with bilateral symmetrical impacted MTMs underwent surgical extractions. Experimental and control sides were randomly selected to receive LLLT or placebo. Following suturing, a dental assistant applied 810 nm gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) at three points for 30 s each with a total energy of 9 J. Pain was recorded on a visual analog scale on the 7 successive days. RESULTS: Data analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics 23 for Windows with P ≤ 0.05 significance level. LLLT appeared to have a high significant effect on pain reduction; however, there was a mild increase in pain after the 4(th) day. CONCLUSION: Intraoral 810 nm GaAlAs is effective in reducing postoperative pain when a dose of 32.86 J/cm(2) is used.
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spelling pubmed-57178962017-12-20 Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery Hamid, May Ayad Ann Maxillofac Surg Original Article - Prospective Study INTRODUCTION: The analgesic effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) after mandibular third molar (MTM) extraction is controversial. The aim is to evaluate the effect of intraoral LLLT on postoperative pain after MTMs extraction. METHODS: Thirty patients with bilateral symmetrical impacted MTMs underwent surgical extractions. Experimental and control sides were randomly selected to receive LLLT or placebo. Following suturing, a dental assistant applied 810 nm gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) at three points for 30 s each with a total energy of 9 J. Pain was recorded on a visual analog scale on the 7 successive days. RESULTS: Data analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics 23 for Windows with P ≤ 0.05 significance level. LLLT appeared to have a high significant effect on pain reduction; however, there was a mild increase in pain after the 4(th) day. CONCLUSION: Intraoral 810 nm GaAlAs is effective in reducing postoperative pain when a dose of 32.86 J/cm(2) is used. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5717896/ /pubmed/29264287 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_5_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
title_full Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
title_fullStr Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
title_short Low-level Laser Therapy on Postoperative Pain after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
title_sort low-level laser therapy on postoperative pain after mandibular third molar surgery
topic Original Article - Prospective Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_5_17
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