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Evaluation of photobiomodulation effects on pain, edema, paresthesia, and bone regeneration after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: Study protocol for a randomized, controlled, and double blind clinical trial.
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Evaluation of Photobiomodulation Effects on Pain, Edema, Paresthesia and Bone Regeneration After Maxillar Surgical Disjunction: Double Blind, Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Bone Healing: Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- The Use of Laser Photobiomodulation in the Treatment of Oro-Facial Neurosensory Alterations-A Case Series from a University Clinic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- [Low-level laser therapy for the treatment of male infertility and erectile dysfunction].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025Review
- Assessment of photobiomodulation effect on osteoblast-like MG-63 cell biological behavior: analyzing proliferation and migration in the absence or presence of nicotine.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Benefits and Effects of Laser-Based Techniques in Complementary Maxillary Expansion: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Effect of low-level laser therapy on postoperative swelling after surgical management of zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture.National journal of maxillofacial surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSurgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) generates an uncomfortable postoperative period accompanied by pain, edema, and paresthesia. There are few studies on the effect of photobiomodulation (PBM) after SARME and it was not possible to find studies on the efficacy of light emitted by diode (LED) after this type of intervention. The main objective of the study will be to evaluate the efficacy of PBM with LED in the control of pain, facial edema, paresthesia, and bone repair after SARME.
methodsA randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 72 participants aged from 18 to 45 years, who search the Department of Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology of Mandaqui Hospital Complex, will be conducted. Immediately after surgeries, the participant will be inserted into the placebo or LED group. In the LED group, the participants will receive PBM with an extraoral device (660 and 850 nm with 6 J per point) and an intraoral device (660 nm with 2 J per point) and in the control group the person in charge of the application will simulate the irradiation with the devices kept off. The applications will be in the immediate postoperative period, 1, 2, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120 days after the end of the surgeries, when the evaluations will also be performed. Facial measurements, extra and intraoral sensitivity, pain and bone repair will be evaluated. Secondarily, data regarding the occurrence of headache; otalgia; nausea; bruising; nasolacrimation; epistaxis; dysphagia; systemic and superficial temperature in the operated region; use of analgesics and anti-inflammatories; anxiety and impact of oral health on the participants' quality of life will be computed. DISCUSSION: Since PBM has shown positive effects on postoperative complications of other types of oral surgery and also has a positive effect on bone repair after maxillary disjunction, surgically assisted or not, it seems clear the need to evaluate its performance regarding pain, edema, and paresthesia after these surgeries.
trial registrationThis protocol was registered in Clinical Trials platform (https://clinicaltrials.gov/) with the number NCT03814525, first published and last updated on January 24, 2019.
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