Effect of adjunctive low level laser therapy (LLLT) on nonsurgical treatment of chronic periodontitis
Makhlouf M, Dahaba MM, Tunér J, Eissa SA, Harhash TA
Photomedicine and laser surgery · 56 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-01-10 · Photomed Laser Surg · vol. 30 · issue 3 · pp. 160–166
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Cited
- 81 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 3.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 15 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments
- Keywords
- Medicine, Scaling and root planing, Chronic periodontitis, Low level laser therapy, Dentistry, Quadrant (abdomen), Randomized controlled trial, Periodontitis, Laser therapy, Surgery, Laser
- MeSH
- humans, radiography, treatment outcome, dental plaque index, periodontal index, follow-up studies, double-blind method, radiation dosage, dental scaling, root planing, dose-response relationship, radiation, bone density, time factors, reference values, adult, middle aged, female, male, chronic periodontitis, young adult, low-level light therapy
5 authors
From US, EG
- M Vincent Makhlouf · correspondingLaser Institute of America
- Mushira Mohamed DahabaCairo University
- Jan Tunér
- Sohair A. EissaCairo University
- Tarek Abdel Hamid HarhashCairo University
Abstract
Objective
The aim of this split-mouth, double blinded, short-term, controlled clinical trial was to study the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) for treatment of chronic periodontitis.
Background data
LLLT is reported to improve the outcome of traditional SRP, but the evidence is still weak.
Materials and methods
Sixteen patients with a probing pocket depth (PPD) of 4-6 mm involving at least three teeth in each quadrant were recruited for the study. Afterwards, SRP quadrants were randomly assigned for 10 sessions of LLLT.
Results
Results showed that when compared to sites treated with SRP alone, those treated with SRP+LLLT (10 sessions, 830 nm, 100 mW, 3 J per point, 3 J/cm(2)) exhibited greater reductions in PPD at 5 weeks and 3 months but not at 6 months. Further, SRP+LLLT-treated sites had a statistically significant increase in mean radiographic bone density when comparing 6- and 12-month data and overall from baseline to 12 months. There was a trend to reduce interleukin (IL)-1β but the difference between control and laser sites was not statistically significant.
Conclusions
SRP combined with LLLT improved radiographic bone density and short-term PPD reduction in patients with chronic periodontitis, but did not significantly affect either the gingival crevicular fluid of IL-1β or the gingival or plaque index.
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