ArticleFrontiers in oral health2024
The immediate pain relief of low-level laser therapy for burning mouth syndrome: a retrospective study of 94 cases.
Article in Frontiers in oral health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Advances in orofacial pain research: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Management of Orofacial Neuropathic Pain-WALT Position Paper 2026.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Commentary: The immediate pain relief of low-level laser therapy for burning mouth syndrome: a retrospective study of 94 cases.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Significance: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic orofacial pain disorder that seriously affects quality of life of patients. In recent years, Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been regarded as an important innovation in pain management, but there is insufficient evidence of its effectiveness in patients with painful BMS. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of LLLT for immediate pain relief due to BMS. Methods: This retrospective study included 94 BMS patients that were treated with an intraoral semiconductor laser (635 nm, 100 mW/cm Results: After standardized LLLT session, 71.3% of patients reported an immediate pain decrease. Compared to pre-LLLT treatment, the VAS immediately post-LLLT was significantly reduced ( Conclusions: LLLT may provide non-pharmacological, non-invasive, side-effect-free, and rapid pain relief for painful BMS patients. No baseline characteristics affecting overall efficiency were found except for VAS before treatment, history of smoking or alcohol, xerostomia, and gingival lesions.
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