Trial reportInternational journal of oral science2018
Effect of low-level laser therapy on tooth-related pain and somatosensory function evoked by orthodontic treatment.
Trial report in International journal of oral science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Impact of Photobiomodulation on Pain During Orthodontic Treatment
Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Stability During Retention Phase After Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pulsed Nd:YAG versus continuous-wave laser photobiomodulation for orthodontic pain: a split-mouth RCT.Lasers in medical science · 2026Trial
- Effect of single-dose diode laser photobiomodulation on orthodontic pain following initial archwire placement: a randomized clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Effect of 970 nm low-level laser therapy on orthodontic tooth movement during Class II intermaxillary elastics treatment: a RCT.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Photobiomodulation in Orthodontics: Mechanisms and Clinical Efficacy for Faster Tooth Movement.Cureus · 2024Review
- The Effects and Mechanisms of PBM Therapy in Accelerating Orthodontic Tooth Movement.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Low-level laser therapy prevents medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw-like lesions via IL-1RA-mediated primary gingival wound healing.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Rare clinical case report of a contralateral effect of laser biostimulation on the bone regeneration.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Role of low-level laser therapy in post-herpetic neuralgia: a pilot study.Lasers in medical science · 2020Article
- Orofacial quantitative sensory testing: Current evidence and future perspectives.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2020Review
- Use of Laser Systems in Orthodontics.Turkish journal of orthodontics · 2020Review
- Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy during Tooth Movement: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Comparison of the Perception of Pain during Fixed Orthodontic Treatment with Metal and Ceramic Brackets.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2019Article
- The Protocol of Low-level Laser Therapy in Orthodontic Practice: A Scoping Review of Literature.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
- Opioid sparing strategies for perioperative pain management other than regional anaesthesia: A narrative review.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyReview
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10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) may have an effect on the pain associated with orthodontic treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of LLLT on pain and somatosensory sensitization induced by orthodontic treatment. Forty individuals (12-33 years old; mean ± standard deviations: 20.8 ± 5.9 years) scheduled to receive orthodontic treatment were randomly divided into a laser group (LG) or a placebo group (PG) (1:1). The LG received LLLT (810-nm gallium-aluminium-arsenic diode laser in continuous mode with the power set at 400 mW, 2 J·cm
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