Does Low-Level Laser Therapy Enhance the Efficiency of Orthodontic Dental Alignment? Results from a Randomized Pilot Study
Caccianiga G, Paiusco A, Perillo L, Nucera R, Pinsino A, Maddalone M, Cordasco G, Lo Giudice A
Photomedicine and laser surgery · 34 citas
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Publicación
- Publicado
- 2017-03-02 · Photomed Laser Surg · vol. 35 · número 8 · págs. 421–426
- Editorial
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Citado
- 58 citas · más que el 97% de estudios similares · 5.9× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 28 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Dental Trauma and Treatments
- Palabras clave
- low-level laser therapy, orthodontic treatment, tooth alignment, fixed orthodontic appliances, treatment duration, dental crowding, patient encounters
- MeSH
- mouth, humans, treatment outcome, statistics, nonparametric, pilot projects, single-blind method, orthodontics, orthodontic brackets, reference values, adolescent, female, male, lasers, semiconductor, low-level light therapy, tooth movement techniques
8 autores
- Gianluigi Caccianiga🇮🇹 · autor de correspondenciaUniversity of Milano-Bicocca
- Alessio Paiusco🇮🇹University of Milano-Bicocca
- Letizia Perillo🇮🇹University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
- Riccardo Nucera🇮🇹University of Messina
- Alberto Pinsino🇺🇸NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital; Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Marcello Maddalone🇮🇹University of Milano-Bicocca
- Giancarlo Cordasco🇮🇹University of Messina
- Antonino Lo Giudice🇮🇹University of Messina
Resumen
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Objective
To assess if low-level laser therapy (LLLT) enhances the efficiency of orthodontic dental alignment.
Background
There is no evidence of the effect of LLLT on the orthodontic treatment time from randomized clinical trials.
Methods
Thirty-six subjects were included in this interventional pilot study and randomly assigned for treatment with fixed appliance and LLLT (test group) or with fixed appliance only (control group). A single monthly administration of LLLT was performed intraorally using a Diode laser (980 nm, 1 W, continuous wave, total energy density = 150 J/cm2; Doctor Smile-Lambda Spa). The date of brackets bonding (T1) and the date of complete resolution of dental crowding (T2) were recorded. The alignment treatment time was defined in days as T2 - T1. The number of monthly scheduled control visits was also recorded. Treatment time duration was assessed in both groups with the log-rank (Mantel-Cox) Test for survival analysis. Mann-Whitney U tests was used to compare the number of control visits from T1 to T2 between the two groups.
Results
Patients' age, sex, and amount of crowding were equally distributed between the two groups. The alignment treatment time was significantly shorter (p < 0.001) in the tested group (211.8 days) compared to the control (284.1 days). Consequently, control visits (p < 0.001) were lower in the test group (7 visits, median value) compared to the control group (9.5 visits, median value).
Conclusions
The results of this pilot study suggest that the administration of LLLT might significantly increase the efficiency of orthodontic treatment during dental alignment.
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