ArticleDentistry journal2020
Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Management of Burning Mouth Syndrome: Morphological Variations in the Capillary Bed.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of laser therapy on primary burning mouth syndrome: a systematic review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of low-level laser therapy on burning pain and quality of life in patients with burning mouth syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Management of Orofacial Neuropathic Pain-WALT Position Paper 2026.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Oral Mucosa Capillaries in Fibromyalgia Patients.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- The impact of low-level laser therapy (photobiomodulation) on the complications associated with conventional dental treatments and oral disorders: A literature review.Journal of dental sciences · 2025Review
- Burning Mouth Syndrome Treated with Low-Level Laser and Clonazepam: A Randomized, Single-Blind Clinical Trial.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Outpatient Oral Neuropathic Pain Management with Photobiomodulation Therapy: A Prospective Analgesic Pharmacotherapy-Paralleled Feasibility Trial.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS)-Treatment with Verbal and Written Information, B Vitamins, Probiotics, and Low-Level Laser Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Dentistry journal · 2022Article
- Impacted Palatal Canines and Diode Laser Surgery: A Case Report.Case reports in dentistry · 2022Article
- Role of Photobiomodulation Therapy in Neurological Primary Burning Mouth Syndrome. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials.Pharmaceutics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is an idiopathic condition that manifests itself primarily with the onset of a burning sensation. The aim of this research was to perform photobiomodulation therapy (PBM) using a diode laser on the oral mucosa of BMS patients, followed by an objective evaluation of the morphological changes in the vascular bed underlying the mucosa using polarized light videocapillaroscopy. A group of 40 patients were included in the study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups (using simple randomization) as follows: 20 patients were assigned to the laser group and 20 patients were assigned to the placebo group. Each patient of the laser group received eight irradiations (with 4 Watt of power, wavelength 800 nm, energy 1200 Joules, irradiation time of 300 s, energy density 50 J/cm
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