TY - JOUR AU - Sharifi, Roohollah AU - Bahrami, Hosna AU - Safaei, Mohsen AU - Mozaffari, Hamid Reza AU - Hatami, Masoud AU - Imani, Mohammad Moslem AU - Moradpoor, Hedaiat AU - Golshah, Amin PY - 2022/07/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Randomized Triple-Blind Clinical Trial of the Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Infiltration Injection Pain in the Anterior Maxilla JF - Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e ClĂ­nica Integrada JA - Pesqui Bras Odontopediatria Clin Integr VL - 22 IS - SE - DO - UR - https://revista.uepb.edu.br/PBOCI/article/view/1336 SP - e210001 AB - <div><strong><span lang="EN-US">Objective:&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">To evaluate the level of pain experienced during infiltration anesthesia of the anterior maxilla following low-level laser therapy (LLLT) with 810-980 nm wavelengths</span><span lang="EN-US">.&nbsp;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Material and Methods:&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">In the current triple-blind clinical trial, 84 patients received a total of 168 infiltration anesthesia injections (1.8 mL of 2% lidocaine plus 1:100,000 epinephrine) in the anterior maxilla. Each patient received two injections into the buccal mucosa of the right and left central incisors with a two-week interval. One injection was performed after LLLT, while the other injection was administered conventionally without laser. The pain level was measured immediately after injection using a visual analog scale (VAS).&nbsp;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results:&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">There was a significant difference in the pain level experienced with and without LLLT, such that the mean pain score following LLLT was significantly lower than that without LLLT (p&lt;0.05). No significant difference was found in the pain level between laser and no laser groups in males, but the difference in this regard was significant in females (p&lt;0.05) and female patients experienced a significantly lower level of pain following LLLT</span><span lang="EN-US">.&nbsp;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusion:&nbsp;</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">The low-level laser therapy can be successfully used to decrease the level of pain experienced during infiltration anesthesia of the anterior maxilla.</span></div> ER -