The effect of low-level laser therapy on salivary glands in patients with xerostomia

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Lončar, Božana ^a   Mravak Stipetić, Marinka ^a   Baričević, Marinka ^a   Risović, Dubravko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; AVERAGE ENERGY; BEFORE AND AFTER; CITRIC ACID SOLUTION; CONTROL GROUPS; DRY MOUTH; EXPOSURE-TIME; IRRADIATED AREA; LASER ENERGIES; LASER LIGHTS; LASER THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LOW-LEVEL LASER IRRADIATION; MOUTH RINSE; SALIVARY FLOW; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS; XEROSTOMIA;

CITRIC ACID; GALLIUM; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PULSED LASERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79952426624     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2792     Document Type: Article

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