13th World Congress for Laser Dentistry

26-28, April 2012

Barcelona, Spain

Meeting Abstract

Sponsors: World Federation for Laser Dentistry

-  Poster 112

TITLE: 980nm diode laser effectiveness in induced oral mucositis treatment.

AUTHORS: Luna Oliva I, Robles García M, López Serrano B, Pérez BP, Sáez de la Fuente I, Torres Lagares D, Gutiérrez Pérez JL.

Oral Surgery Master. University of Seville

SOURCE: Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2012 May 1;17(Supplement1):S260.

* doi:10.4317/medoral.17643760

http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.17643760

Abstract

Introduction: The induced oral mucositis (IOM) is a “epithelial and subepithelial inflammatory changes due to direct radiation or quimiotherapy”. It is a serious and frequent side effect related to cancer treatment. IOM can cause several problems as: pain, infection, hemorrhage (specially in patients treated with quimiotherapy) and disability to eat and breath normally.

Several preventive measures have been used to treat IOM, but there are not succesful interventions to prevent IOM. The therapy based in low level diode laser is an alternative to standard treatment which offers satisfactory results and it is also a simple and non-invasive technique.

Objective and description; To present a series of clinical cases from patients who underwent head and neck cancer treatment and who developed IOM. These patients where treated in the Oral Surgery Masters in Sevilla University with low level diode laser (980nm, 0.5 W) used in a constant mode with a 600 um spot.

Results: We observed during the patient´s follow up that the IOM treatment with low level diode laser therapy (980nm) was effective. A decrease in the symptoms, such pain, incidence and severity and an increase in patient´s quality of life were visible.

Conclusions: We observed a decrease in pain, incidence and severity of IOM after low level diode laser therapy (980nm).

The low level diode laser therapy is a simple and non invasive technique.