Comparative evaluation of low-level laser and CO2 laser in treatment of patients with oral lichen planus

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1265-1269

  Agha Hosseini, Farzaneh ^a   Moslemi, E ^a   Mirzaii Dizgah, I ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

laser CO2; low level laser therapy; oral lichen planus

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LICHEN PLANUS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH PAIN; OPEN STUDY; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THONGPRASOM SIGN SCORE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865766839     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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