Low‐level laser therapy 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 nerve
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).
2 findings from 1 review
- Interventions for iatrogenic inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injury 2014 · Cochrane All outcomesLipMD 21.79 [5.29, 38.29]1 study · 13 participantsVery low
- Interventions for iatrogenic inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injury 2014 · Cochrane All outcomesChinMD 8.40 [3.67, 13.13]1 study · 13 participantsVery low