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Decembre  2017 • Volume 33• Number 76

LASER ANALGESIC DURING ORTHODONTIC THERAPY

Snežana Peševska1,
Ljiljana Kesić2,
Kiro Ivanovski1,
Maja Pandilova1,
Silvana Georgieva1,
Sonja Mindova1,
Stevica Ristoska1,
Emilija Stefanovska1,
Gabriela Curcieva Cuckova3,
Gordana Apostolova4,
Marija Maneva3,
Filip Koneski5
 

 

1 UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE, FACULTY OF DENTISTRY ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS DEPARTMENT OF PERIODONTOLOGY AND ORAL PATHOLOGY,
  SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
2 UNIVERSITY OF NIš, MEDICAL FACULTY, DEPARTMENT OF ORAL MEDICINE AND PERIODONTOLOGY, NIŠ, SERBIA
3 UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE, FACULTY OF DENTISTRY  ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS,DEPARTMENT OF ORTHODONTICS,  SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
4 UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE, FACULTY OF DENTISTRY  ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS, DEPARTMENT OF ORAL SURGERY, SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
5 UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE,  FACULTY OF DENTISTRY  ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS, SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
   
...Abstract


 

Introduction:Mostofthepatientsfeelpain 4 hoursafterthearch applying, gaining the highest level after 24 hours and its lowering in the next few days. Literature reportsshow that the fear of pain is a very importantreason for discouraging the patientto agreefor this kind of orthodontic treatment.
The aim of this studywas to evaluate the effectiveness of the biostimulative laser treatment in pain reduction in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances.
Materials and methods. Fifteen patientswere treatedwith low energy level biostimulative diode laser, used 2 minutes per quadrant immediately after placement of fixed orthodontic appliances and in the following four days.The control group of 15 patients received analgesic therapy for period offive days. The painwas assessed subjectively as strong,medium or no pain. Thepain disappeared in 20%of the subjects in the examined group after thefirst day,whilein 60%and 26.6% of the subjects medium and isolated pain was still present at day 2 and 3, respectively.
Results.The pain disappeared in all the patients treated with laser at day 5.In the control group, strong pain was present in all the subjects thefirst day, decreasing to 60% of strong pain and 20% medium pain the second day. After day three, the control group demonstrated medium localizedpain in 40% of the cases, which dropped to 26.6% after the fourth day, suggesting delayed pain reduction, compared to the laser treated group.
Conclusion.Our results suggest that the low energy laser treatment can successfully be used for pain reduction during the initial discomfort period after placing fixed orthodontic appliances.

Key words:low level laser treatment, analgesics, pain, fixed orthodontic appliances


 
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Address of correspondence:
Associate Prof. Snežana Peševska, DMD, PhD,
Faculty of Dentistry ,St. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje,
Mother Teresa 17, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel. ++389 (02) 3115 647,Fax ++389 (02) 3115 647
E-mail:pesevska@gmail.com
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