Low‐level laser therapy vs Placebo (sham) laser therapy: Patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked: anaesthesia/paraesthesia/dysaesthesia/hyperalgesia/allodynia)
It is very uncertain whether low-level laser therapy (photon-plus GaAlAs diode laser; 70 mW… changes patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked:… compared with placebo (sham) laser therapy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Low-level laser therapy (photon-plus GaAlAs diode laser; 70 mW output, continuous 820 nm) vs Placebo (sham) laser therapy Patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked: anaesthesia/paraesthesia/dysaesthesia/hyperalgesia/allodynia) · Patients of any age in any setting requiring intervention for iatrogenic injury to the inferior alveolar or lingual… · Lip It is very uncertain whether low-level laser therapy (photon-plus GaAlAs diode laser; 70 mW… changes patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked:… compared with placebo (sham) laser therapy (very low certainty). Interventions for iatrogenic inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injury (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD 21.79 [5.29, 38.29] | 1 study · 13 participants | Very low |
Low-level laser therapy (photon-plus GaAlAs diode laser; 70 mW output, continuous 820 nm) vs Placebo (sham) laser therapy Patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked: anaesthesia/paraesthesia/dysaesthesia/hyperalgesia/allodynia) · Patients of any age in any setting requiring intervention for iatrogenic injury to the inferior alveolar or lingual… · Chin It is very uncertain whether low-level laser therapy (photon-plus GaAlAs diode laser; 70 mW… changes patient-reported altered sensation (spontaneous or evoked:… compared with placebo (sham) laser therapy (very low certainty). Interventions for iatrogenic inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injury (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD 8.40 [3.67, 13.13] | 1 study · 13 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for iatrogenic inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injury 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2013-10 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.