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Trial reportMedicine2018

Efficacy of diode-emitting diode (LED) photobiomodulation in pain management, facial edema, trismus, and quality of life after extraction of retained lower third molars: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Carlos Alberto Tenis, Manoela Domingues Martins, Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves, Daniela de Fátima Teixeira da Silva, João Júlio da Cunha Filho, Marco Antonio Trevizani Martins, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos Alberto TenisUniversidade Nove de Julho, Liberdade , São Paulo SP Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Paulo Gama Avenue, Farroupilha , Porto Alegre, RS Universidade Nove de Julho, Liberdade, São Paulo, SP Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Ipiranga Avenue, Paternon Faculty of Dentistry of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Paulo Gama Avenue, Farroupilha, Porto Alegre, RS Biophotonics Applied to Health Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho, Liberdade Universidade Nove de Julho, Liberdade, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Manoela Domingues Martins
Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves
Daniela de Fátima Teixeira da Silva
João Júlio da Cunha Filho
Marco Antonio Trevizani Martins
Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari
Sandra Kalil Bussadori
Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes
Universidade Nove de Julho · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn dentistry, one of the most common surgical procedures is the removal of retained third molars. This surgery generates great morbidity to the participants for causing pain, edema, and trismus due to surgical trauma. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of photobiomodulation with light emitting diode (LED) in the control of pain, facial edema, trismus, and quality of life resulting from the extraction of retained lower third molars.

methodsA randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 38 adult participants, who meet the criteria of eligibility and agree to participate in the study. Before the surgeries are performed, the facial and mouth opening measures of all the participants will be taken. Immediately after the surgeries, participants will be randomized into 2 groups. In the LED group, participants will receive LED applications (intra oral with 660 nm, 12J and extraoral with 850 nm, 108J) in the immediate postoperative, first and second days after the surgical procedure. In the control group, the participants will be attended in the same way as in the LED group, however, the person in charge of the application will simulate the irradiation. Pain (EVA and NRS-101), postoperative edema, trismus, temperature, dysphagia, and hematoma will be evaluated after 1, 2, 5, and 7 days. The oral health impact profile (OHIP-14 Questionnaire) and anxiety analysis (Beck anxiety inventory -BAI) questionnaires will be applied preoperatively and 7 days after treatment. The appropriate statistical tests will be applied for each specific analysis in a significance level of 5%. DISCUSSION: Although the use of low-power laser in the postoperative has shown good results in the control of postoperative sequelae, this is the first study on the efficacy of the use of LED in this situation.

Indexed as

Molar, ThirdDouble-Blind MethodEdemaFaceHumansLasers, SemiconductorLow-Level Light TherapyPain ManagementQuality of LifeResearch DesignTooth ExtractionTrismus

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PMID30212961
PMCPMC6156019
OpenAlexW2893390409

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