Analgetic effect of laser in dental therapy

Na skupini od 53 bolesnika s devet različitih dijagnoza kliničkim opažanjem izvršena je procjena analgetičkog učinka laserske terapije u odnosu na vremensko trajanje aplikacije, na broj posjeta i remisiju bola kao vodećeg simptoma. Potpuni analgetički učinak bio je u 69,8% bolesnika, djelomična uspješnost kod svakog petog bolesnika (20,7%), neznatno poboljšanje u 9,4% slučajeva, dok nikakav učinak nije primjećen niti kod jednog pacijenta. U svrhu laserske terapije prosječno po bolesniku bilo je 3,36 dolazaka, vremensko trajanje aplikacije prosječno po bolesniku je 10 minuta, a po posjeti tri minute. Rezultati potvrđuju analgetički učinak lasera već nakon prve ili druge posjete, sa zadovoljavajućim i dobrim efektima naročito kod dolor postextractionem, dentitio difficilis, neuralgija i tkivnog cijeljenja. Prema tome, laserska terapija predstavlja alternativno ili dopunsko liječenje tradicionalnim metodama, a u cilju dobivanja preciznijih pokazatelja treba nastaviti klinička i druga ispitivanja.The analgetic effect of laser therapy as related to the duration of application, the number of visits and remission of pain as a major symptom was assessed in a group of 53 patients with nine different diagnoses, on the basis of clinical observations. A complete analgetic success was recorded in 69,8% of patients, a partial success in every fifth patient (20.7%), only a slight improvement in 9.4% whereae a complete failure was not observed in ayn of the patients under study. The mean number of visits for lasere therapy was 3.36, duration of application per patient and per visit was 10 min and 3 min, respectively. The results confirmed the analgetic effect of laser to occur as soon as after the first or the second session, resulting in satisfactory effects especially in cases of dolor post extractione, dentitio difficilis, neuralgias or tissue healing. Accordingly, laser therapy can be successfully used as an aternative or additional treatment accompanying traditional methods. However, further clinical and other studies are necessary to provide some more precise parameters