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. 2014 Sep 3;28(5):929-933.
doi: 10.1080/13102818.2014.966526. Epub 2014 Oct 21.

Clinical assessment of the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy on chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Hristina Lalabonova  1 , Hristo Daskalov  2
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Clinical assessment of the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy on chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Hristina Lalabonova et al. Biotechnol Biotechnol Equip. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to clinically assess the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) using a protocol we developed especially for the purpose. The study included 180 patients: group 1 (the study group) - 90 patients who received LLLT using a laser operating in the red spectrum (658 nm; in a non-contact mode; power output P = 27 mW; frequency f1 = 5.8 Hz, f2 - continuous waveform; time T = 1.14 min; dosage of 2 J/cm2 once daily); group 2 (controls) - 90 patients who received pharmacotherapy (Granofurin and solcoseryl given twice daily). The indices we assessed were pain intensity, erythema dynamics and epithelization time. Pain was completely managed in 55.6% of group 1 patients one day after therapy began, while it took three days to alleviate pain for 11.1% of the patients in group 2. The erythema was managed entirely in 24.4% of group 1 patients after the first session, while it did not change in any of the group 2 patients. Pain intensity and erythema had similar dynamics for both groups. In 5 days, 75.6% of group 1 patients showed complete epithelization, while in group 2 the process was completed in only 37.8% of patients. As a whole, the results we obtained using LLLT to treat chronic RAS were better than those obtained in the group receiving pharmacotherapy. Pain and inflammation were very effectively managed with LLLT with the parameters we used and epithelization was considerably accelerated.

Keywords: LLLT; aphthous stomatitis; laser; oral mucosa; therapy.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Results for the indicator ‘pain’ for group 1 (LLLT).
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Figure 2.
Results for the indicator ‘pain’ for group 2 (conventional pharmacotherapy).
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Figure 3.
Results for the indicator ‘erythema’ for group 1 (LLLT).
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Figure 4.
Results for the indicator ‘erythema’ for group 2 (conventional pharmacotherapy).
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Figure 5.
Results for the indicator ‘epithelization’ for group 1 (LLLT).
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Figure 6.
Results for the indicator ‘epithelization’ for group 2 (conventional pharmacotherapy).
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