ArticleCureus2024
Photobiomodulation Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Oral Ulcers: A Report of Two Cases.
Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Photobiomodulation limits oral ulcer development by regulating the immune response.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Oral ulcers are a very frequent complaint of patients reporting to dental professionals, of which traumatic ulcers are the most common They are very painful and troublesome while the patient speaks, masticates, or brushes. Various treatment modalities, such as topical analgesics and topical or systemic antibiotics, are used conventionally. However, long-term non-healing painful conditions and drug resistance have boosted the rapid raising of an alternative wound healing method. In the presented cases, low-dose biophotonics, also called photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy by low-level laser, was used with the aim of alleviating pain and inflammation, modulating the immune response, and promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration.
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