Nonsurgical laser treatment (NSLT) in the management of disorders of the maxillofacial region

Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro; Eudes T. Cavalcanti; Tatiana I.T.N.R. Pinheiro; Marcos J.P.C. Alves; Ezenildes R. Miranda; Alexandre S. Quevedo; Cecilia T.A. Manzi; Alessandro L. B. Vieira; Aluizio Barros Rolim

doi:10.1117/12.306021

22 April 1998 Nonsurgical laser treatment (NSLT) in the management of disorders of the maxillofacial region

Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Eudes T. Cavalcanti, Tatiana I.T.N.R. Pinheiro, Marcos J.P.C. Alves, Ezenildes R. Miranda, Alexandre S. Quevedo, Cecilia T.A. Manzi, Alessandro L. B. Vieira, Aluizio Barros Rolim

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Proceedings Volume 3248, Lasers in Dentistry IV; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306021
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

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The authors report on the effects of NSLT in the treatment of maxillofacial disorders. Further to our previous study, this paper reports the results of the use of NSLT on the treatment of several disorders of the oral and maxillofacial region. This paper presents NSLT as an effective method of treating such disorders. Two hundred and five female and 36 male patients aged between 7 and 81 years old (average 38.9 years old) suffering from disorders of the maxillofacial region were treated with 632,8,670, and 830nm diodes Lasers at the Laser Center of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). The disorders included TMJ pain, Trigeminal neuralgia, muscular pain, aphatae, inflammation, tooth hypersensitivity, postoperatively, and in small haemangiomas. Most treatment consisted of a series of 12 applications (twice a week) and in 15 cases a second series was applied. Patients were treated with an average dose of 1.8 J/cm². One hundred fifty four out of 241 patients were asymptomatic at the end of the treatment, 50 improved considerably and 37 were symptomatic. These results confirm that NSLT is an effective tool and brings many benefits for the treatment of many disorders of the Maxillofacial region.

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Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Eudes T. Cavalcanti, Tatiana I.T.N.R. Pinheiro, Marcos J.P.C. Alves, Ezenildes R. Miranda, Alexandre S. Quevedo, Cecilia T.A. Manzi, Alessandro L. B. Vieira, and Aluizio Barros Rolim "Nonsurgical laser treatment (NSLT) in the management of disorders of the maxillofacial region", Proc. SPIE 3248, Lasers in Dentistry IV, (22 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306021

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Laser therapeutics

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