Intraoral photobiomodulation-induced orthodontic tooth alignment: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous strategies have been proposed to decrease orthodontic treatment time. Photobiomodulation (PBM) has previously been demonstrated to assist in this objective. The aim of this study was to test if intraoral PBM increases the rate of tooth alignment and reduces the time required to resolve anterior dental crowding.

Methods

Nineteen orthodontic subjects with Class I or Class II malocclusion and Little's Irregularity Index (LII) ≥ 3 mm were selected from a pool of applicants, providing 28 total arches. No cases required extraction. The test group (N = 11, 18 arches, 10 upper, 8 lower) received daily PBM treatment with an intraoral LED device (OrthoPulse™, Biolux Research Ltd.) during orthodontic treatment, while the control group (N = 8, 10 arches, 3 upper, 7 l

SUBMITTER: Shaughnessy T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711021 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature