ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2017
Effect of pre-operatory low-level laser therapy on pain, swelling, and trismus associated with third-molar surgery.
Article in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05344222 (Effects of Photobiomodulation Conditioning of Orofacial Tissue in Surgery for Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Effects of Photobiomodulation Conditioning of Orofacial Tissue in Surgery for Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars: Randomized, Sham-controlled, Double-blind Clinical Trial
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of local and systemic photobiomodulation in only single-implant insertion: a randomized clinical trial.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Trial
- Clinical and thermographic evaluation after lower third molar extractions and the application of different photobiomodulation protocols: double-blind randomised clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Trial
- Effect of preemptive photobiomodulation associated with nimesulide on the postsurgical outcomes, oxidative stress, and quality of life after third molar surgery: a randomized, split-mouth, controlled clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy with a 915 Nm Wavelength Diode Laser on the Healing of Intraoral Mucosal Wound: An Animal Study and a Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Trial
- The effect of preoperative low-level laser therapy on pain, swelling, and trismus associated with mandibular third molar extraction.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Low-level laser and management of common complications after the mandibular third molar surgery: A double-blind randomized clinical trial.Dental research journal · 2023Article
- Photodynamic Antibiofilm and Antibacterial Activity of a New Gel with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on Infected Titanium Surfaces.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of low-level laser therapy after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars: A randomized clinical trial.National journal of maxillofacial surgeryArticle
- Three-Dimensional Evaluation of the Effects of Kinesio Taping on Postoperative Swelling and Pain after Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion.Journal of oral & maxillofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe extraction of impacted third molars is commonly associated to pain, edema, trismus, limited jaw opening and movements. The aim of this retrospective study is to verify if pre-surgical low-level laser therapy (LLLT) associated with the extraction of impacted lower third molars could add benefits to the postoperative symptoms respect LLLT performed only after surgery. MATERIAL AND
methodsData from 45 patients subjected to a surgical extraction of lower third molars were pooled and divided into three groups. Patients that received only routine management were inserted in the control group. Group 1, were patients that received LLLT immediately after surgery and at 24 hours. In group 2 were included patients treated with LLLT immediately before the extraction and immediately after the end of the procedure. Data were analyzed using linear regression and descriptive statistics.
resultsBoth laser-treated groups were characterized by minor events of post-surgery complications of pain, edema, trismus. The use of NSAIDs in the first 24 hours was significantly inferior in Group 2.
conclusionsPre-surgical LLLT treatment seems to increase the analgesic effect of LLLT. However, trismus and edema were reduced in both laser treated groups, independently from the period of irradiation.
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