In-office laser therapy (all types combined) vs Placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment: Changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast stimuli
- Population
- Patients aged above 12 years with self-reported tooth hypersensitivity confirmed on clinical evaluation
- Intervention
- In-office laser therapy (all types combined)
- Comparison
- Placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment
- Outcome
- Changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast stimuli
It is very uncertain whether in-office laser therapy (all types combined) changes changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast… compared with placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
In-office laser therapy (all types combined) vs Placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment Changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast stimuli · Patients aged above 12 years with self-reported tooth hypersensitivity confirmed on clinical evaluation · Long term (more than 2 months) It is very uncertain whether in-office laser therapy (all types combined) changes changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast… compared with placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment (very low certainty). Laser therapy for dentinal hypersensitivity (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -2.60 [-4.47, -0.73] | 5 studies · 564 participants | Very low |
In-office laser therapy (all types combined) vs Placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment Changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast stimuli · Patients aged above 12 years with self-reported tooth hypersensitivity confirmed on clinical evaluation · Short term (0 to 24 hours) In-office laser therapy (all types combined) may leads to lower changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast… compared with placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment (low certainty). Laser therapy for dentinal hypersensitivity (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -2.24 [-3.55, -0.93] | 13 studies · 978 participants | Low |
In-office laser therapy (all types combined) vs Placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment Changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast stimuli · Patients aged above 12 years with self-reported tooth hypersensitivity confirmed on clinical evaluation · Medium term (24 hours to 2 months) It is very uncertain whether in-office laser therapy (all types combined) changes changes in intensity of pain (VAS 0 to 10) tested through air blast… compared with placebo (placebo laser or placebo agent) or no treatment (very low certainty). Laser therapy for dentinal hypersensitivity (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -2.46 [-3.57, -1.35] | 11 studies · 1007 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laser therapy for dentinal hypersensitivity 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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.