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- Title
Uso del láser en urgencias por periodontitis apical post tratamiento endodóntico.
- Authors
Hernández del Haya, Diana Cristina; Redondo-Rodríguez, Claudia María; Mirabal-Pérez, Yilianne; del Haya-Rodríguez, María Cristina
- Abstract
Introduction: laser therapy and stimulation of the acupuncture points are anti-inflammatory and analgesic alternative treatments in dentistry. Objective: to describe the use of low power laser therapy in the emergency treatment of apical periodontitis after endodontic treatment during 2018. Methods: observational, descriptive, longitudinal, and prospective study of patients who attended emergency department at Guama Dentistry Clinic during 2018, Pinar del Río, presenting apical periodontitis after endodontic treatment; 86 patients participated in the study. Descriptive statistics was applied, respecting the bioethical principles. Results: female gender predominated (53,49 %), apical periodontitis after endodontic treatment was more prevalent in the age group 20-24 (30,23 %); 65,5 % of the patients presented remission and relief after the third treatment session. Only 2,33 % needed more than six treatment sessions. Conclusions: apical periodontitis after endodontic treatment is more common in women during the first half of the second decade of life. The treatment showed effectiveness from the first treatment sessions.
- Publication
Universidad Médica Pinareña, 2020, Vol 16, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1990-7990
- Publication type
Article