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- Title
Low level laser therapy in the treatment of aphthous ulcer.
- Authors
Anand, Vishal; Gulati, Minkle; Govila, Vivek; Anand, Bhargavi
- Abstract
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common and painful ulcerative lesions of the oral cavity, but until now no cure has been recognized for it. Two patients diagnosed with minor RAS were treated in a single sitting with low level laser therapy using 940-nm diode laser. The lesions healed completely within 3-4 days and a follow-up for 1 showed no recurrence in these patients. According to the results of this study, low level laser therapy can decrease the healing time, pain intensity, size, and recurrence of the lesion in patients with minor RAS, and hence can be considered the most appropriate treatment modality for minor RAS, with greatest clinical effectiveness.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of canker sores; LASERS in dentistry; STOMATITIS treatment; DISEASE relapse; ORAL diseases; TREATMENT effectiveness; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
0970-9290
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9290.116691