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Can diode laser 810 nm decrease post endodontic pain in patients with asymptomatic necrotic maxillary incisors? A four-arm randomized controlled trial.

Mohammad Tamer Abbara, Samar Akil, Omar Hamadah, Hassan Achour, Ghina Mahayni, Yasser Alsayed Tolibah

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Article in BDJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad Tamer AbbaraDDs, MSc,Ph.D student at the department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria.
Samar AkilDDS,MSc,Ph.D Associate Professor at the department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria.
Omar HamadahDDS,MSc,Ph.D Associate Professor at the department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria.
Hassan AchourDDS,MSc,Ph.D Associate Professor at the department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria.
Ghina MahayniDDs, Faculty of Dentistry, Al-Sham Private University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria.
Yasser Alsayed TolibahDDs, MSc,Ph.D student at the department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus, University, P.O. Box 3062, Damascus, Syria. yasseralsayedtolibah@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5498-9991
Damascus University · SYSyrian Private University · SY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo find the best method for applying the diode laser 810 nm to relieve post-endodontic pain on necrotic maxillary incisors with periapical lesions within a single-visit treatment.

methodsEighty patients with a necrotic incisor, diagnosed with asymptomatic apical periodontitis, received standardized cleaning and shaping procedures, then divided randomly with a 1:1:1:1 allocation ratio into four groups: Group 1: control group with no laser application, Group 2: applying the diode laser as an irrigation activation system (IAS), Group 3: applying the diode laser from the buccal and palatal mucosa, Group 4: applying the diode laser as an IAS and from buccal and palatal mucosa. The postoperative pain was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS) 1, 3, 7, and 14 days after the treatment. The mean values of the VAS score were statistically analyzed used Kruskal-Walis and Mann-Whitney U tests. The level of significance was set at a = 0.05.

resultsDuring 14 days after treatment, there was a statistically significant difference between mean values of VAS scores in the four groups (P value < 0.05); Group 1 scored the highest score, whereas Group 4 showed the lowest one. Moreover, Group 4 showed favorable outcomes compared with Group 2 and Group 3 during the first three days after treatment.

conclusionDiode laser reduced postoperative pain after necrotic teeth with large-sized apical lesion treatment, whereas using diode laser either as an IAS or LLLT reduced the postoperative pain compared with the control group. Moreover, the usage of a diode laser in both previous techniques represents the best protocol for postoperative pain relief during 14 days of treatment. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The clinical significance of this study is to investigate the best method to reduce postoperative pain using diode lasers 810 nm; where the results of this study indicated that the more diode laser exposer in LLLT and IAS, the less postoperative pain after endodontic procedures.

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