Therapeutic effects of low-level laser therapy after premolar extraction in adolescents: A randomized double-blind clinical trial

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 559-564

  Paschoal, Marco Aurélio Benini ^a   Santos Pinto, Lourdes ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ENERGY DENSITY; LASER DEVICE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OUTPUT POWER; PLACEBO GROUPS; RANDOMIZED , CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TARGET TISSUES; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; TIME POINTS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE; VISUAL INSPECTION; WOUND HEALING PROCESS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; EXPERIMENTS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; BICUSPID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84867565482     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2012.3243     Document Type: Article

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