Low-level laser therapy effectiveness in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement of crowded maxillary incisors.

Materials and methods

This two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial involved 26 patients with severe to extreme maxillary incisors irregularity according to Little's irregularity index, indicating two first premolars extraction. Patients were randomly assigned to either the laser group or the control group (13 each). Following premolars extraction, orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances was initiated for both groups. Immediately after insertion of the first archwire, patients in the laser group received a LLL dose from an 830-nm wavelength Ga-Al-As semiconductor laser device with energy of 2 J/point. The laser wa

SUBMITTER: AlSayed Hasan MMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8366688 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature