The effect of low-level laser therapy on trismus and facial swelling following surgical extraction of a lower third molar

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  Aras, Mutan Hamdi ^a   Güngörmüş, Metin ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER POWER; LOW-LEVEL LASER IRRADIATIONS; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPIES; MASSETER MUSCLES; PLACEBO GROUPS; POST-OPERATIVE DAYS; TARGET TISSUES;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASERS; MUSCLE; SWELLING;

LASER SURGERY;

ADULT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MOLAR, THIRD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649098670     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2258     Document Type: Article

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