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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Year: 2013, vol. 19, issue 2
Subject Collection: Oral and Dental Medicine
Pages: 279-281
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2013192.279
Published online: 20 March 2013
J of IMAB 2013; 19(2):279-281
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE HEALING PROCESS OF ORAL SOFT TISSUE SURGICAL WOUNDS STIMULATED BY LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY.
Hristina Lalabonova1
, Elena M. Ilieva2
1) Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine,
2) Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Faculty,
Medical University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
During the past decades laser therapy gained much popularity in clinical practice. Low-level lasers offer alternative solutions to numerous problems in oral surgery.
Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to evaluate clinically the healing process of soft tissue surgical wounds in the oral cavity stimulated by low-level laser therapy (LLLT).
Materials and methods: One hundred and twenty surgical wounds were assigned to three groups:
Group I included 40 patients who underwent red spectrum LLLT with wavelength (λ) of 658 nm;
Group ІІ – 40 patients treated with infra-red LLLT with λ of 904 nm;
Group ІІІ (control group) - 40 patients without LLLT. In Group І and ІІ the LLLT procedures were applied 1 day before, in the day of and 1 day after the operation. Distant emission with a focused beam through an angled conical probe 3 mm in diameter (ø3mm) was used. The irradiated area is 0,5 cm2. The area of impact is the surgical wound zone and the neighboring 0,5-1,0 cm of the adjacent oral mucosa.
Results and discussion: The evaluation of the healing process included the following criteria: pain, edema, hyperemia, time for wound closure, postoperative complications.
Conclusions: LLLT applied with the offered treatment modality accelerates the healing process of soft tissue surgical wounds in the oral cavity, reduces treatment time and restores patients’ comfort.
Key words: oral mucosa, LLLT, treatment, surgical wounds, oral surgery.
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Lalabonova H, Ilieva EM. Clinical evaluation of the healing process of oral soft tissue surgical wounds stimulated by low-level laser therapy. J of IMAB. 2013; 19(2):279-281. doi:10.5272/jimab.2013192.279
Correspondence to: Assoc. prof. Hristina Lalabonova, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 11, Opalchenska Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria;
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Received: 14 January 2013
Published online: 20 March 2013