| Title |
Effect of low-level laser therapy on tooth sensitivity induced by in-office bleaching
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Lasers in Medical Science, March 2016
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10103-016-1913-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Horieh Moosavi, Nooshin Arjmand, Farzaneh Ahrari, Majid Zakeri, Fatemeh Maleknejad |
| Abstract |
This study aimed to investigate the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on tooth sensitivity induced by in-office bleaching. Sixty-six patients enrolled in this randomized clinical trial. Following the in-office procedure with 40 % hydrogen peroxide, the participants were randomly divided into three groups. The patients in group 1 received irradiation from a low-level red laser (LLRL; 660 nm, 200 mW, 15 s, 12 J/cm(2)), whereas participants in group 2 were subjected to a low-level infrared laser (LLIL; 810 nm) under similar conditions as in group 1. In group 3 (placebo), the laser treatment was the same as that in groups 1 and 2, but without energy output. The degree of tooth sensitivity was recorded at 1, 24, and 48 h after bleaching using a visual analog scale (VAS). The change in tooth shade was measured 30 days after tooth whitening. The intensity of tooth sensitivity was not significantly different between groups at 1 h after bleaching (p > 0.05). At 24 h after therapy, pain level was significantly lower in the LLIL group compared to the LLRL and placebo groups (p < 0.05). At 48 h after bleaching, VAS scores in the LLIL and LLRL groups were comparable to each other (p > 0.05) and both were significantly lower than that of the placebo group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the efficacy of tooth whitening among groups (p > 0.05). LLLT with an infrared diode laser could be recommended as a suitable strategy to reduce the intensity of tooth sensitivity after in-office bleaching. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 117 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Professor | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 53 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 43% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | <1% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | <1% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 57 | 49% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2016.
All research outputs
#18,447,592
of 22,856,968 outputs
Outputs from Lasers in Medical Science
#869
of 1,309 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#218,346
of 300,113 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Lasers in Medical Science
#22
of 34 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,856,968 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 11th percentile – i.e., 11% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,309 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.0. This one is in the 17th percentile – i.e., 17% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 300,113 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 15th percentile – i.e., 15% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 34 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 8th percentile – i.e., 8% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.