Photochem Photobiol. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1111/php.13457. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Photobiomodulation therapy for the prevention of incidence of Alveolar Osteitis (AO) and post-operative pain following third molar surgery. In this double-blind clinical trial, the impacted teeth of patients having bilateral impacted mandibular third molars were surgically extracted; for each participant, one socket was randomly assigned to receive photobiomodulation treatment, the other received sham treatment. 660 nm 200 mW, CW applied at a distance of ~1cm to 4 points on the occlusal area of extraction socket (beam area at the tissue ~0.64 cm2 , 312.5 mW/cm2 , 1J, 1.6 J/cm2 ). Also, 810 nm 200 mW CW was applied at tissue surface at three points on the buccal and three points on the lingual gingiva, for 15 seconds (400 mW/cm2 , 3 J, 6 J/cm2 ). There was a statistically meaningful difference in AO frequency between the two groups, and the photobiomodulation group showed lower AO frequency compared with the sham PBM treatment (P-value = 0.035). According to the findings of this study, photobiomodulation therapy reduced the incidence of AO following surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars. The incidence of AO typically occurs 3-7 days post extraction (1), and our results suggest that PBM treatment within the 7 days could help reduce the risk of AO development.
PMID:34048061 | DOI:10.1111/php.13457
