Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN: A randomized single-blinded placebo-controlled trial was conducted with LLLT (wavelength, 809 nm; power, 60 mW; pulse frequency, 1800 Hz; duration, 80 seconds per treatment; dose, 6.3 J/cm(2)) in 40 patients with RAS. The intervention group was treated with LLLT on 3 occasions, with a 1-day interval. The control group was treated similarly, without any laser power. Pain perception (visual analog scale [VAS] rating) and patients' experience of eating, drinking, and brushing teeth was registered. RESULTS: VAS rating decreased (day 0 until day 2) from 84.7 to 31.5 ( LLLT) and from 81.7 to 76.1 (placebo) (P < .0001). LLLT also relieved the difficulty of drinking, eating, and brushing teeth. CONCLUSIONS:
LLLT reduced the pain and the inconvenience of eating, drinking, and brushing teeth for patients with RAS, compared with placebo.
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Authors | Margit Albrektson, Lennart Hedström, Håkan Bergh |
Journal | Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
(Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol)
Vol. 117
Issue 5
Pg. 590-594
(May 2014)
ISSN: 2212-4411 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24725989
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Low-Level Light Therapy
- Male
- Pain Management
- Pain Measurement
- Recurrence
- Single-Blind Method
- Stomatitis, Aphthous
(radiotherapy)
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Sweden
- Treatment Outcome
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