Indications and treatments of low level laser therapy in dentistry: a systematic review of the literature

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Fabiana Aparecida Mayrink de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Martins, Marcelo Tarcísio, Ribeiro, Mateus Antunes, Mota, Pedro Henrique Azevedo da, Paula, Marcus Vinícius Queiroz de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/13934
• topic: Dentistry; Low level laser therapy; Professional Practice Location.; Odontologia; Terapia a laser de baixa intensidade; Área de Atuação Profissional.

Introduction: The low level laser therapy (LLLT) has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and tissue-trophic effects, and can be applied in a wide variety of clinical conditions in dentistry. Objective: This study aimed to review indications and treatment possibilities with LLLT in the various dental specialties. Methods: as a search strategy a bibliographic search was conducted in the electronic databases MEDLINE, BSV and SCIELO to identify relevant studies from 2016 to 2018. A combination of the following keywords was used: low level laser therapy and dentistry. These were combined through the Boolean operator "AND". Results: 37 articles were found with indication of low intensity laser treatment in periodontics, orthodontics, surgery, pediatric dentistry, TMD, pathology, endodontics and dentistry. Conclusion: LLLT is a safe treatment with no side effects that can be used in dental specialties as an effective adjunctive treatment to conventional ones.