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Effect of 1440-Nanometer Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminum- Garnet Laser Irradiation on Pain and Neuropeptide Reduction: A Randomized Prospective Clinical Trial

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Authors

Yoo, Yeon-Jee; Shon, Won-Jun; Baek, Seung-Ho; Kang, Mo K.; Kim, Hyeon-Cheol; Lee, WooCheol

Issue Date
2014-01
Publisher
Elsevier Inc
Citation
Journal of Endodontics Vol.40 No.1, pp. 28-32
Keywords
의약학Fiber-optic tipNdYAG laserneuropeptidespainVAS
Abstract
Introduction
The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a 1440-nm neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser on relieving pain in relation to the levels of inflammatory cytokine and neuropeptides in the root canal exudates of teeth with persistent symptomatic apical periodontitis.

Methods
Forty teeth with persistent symptomatic apical periodontitis were randomly assigned to treatment groups: group L, intracanal irradiation of 1440-nm Nd:YAG laser with a 300-μm-diameter fiberoptic tip in addition to conventional root canal retreatment, and group C, conventional root canal re-treatment. The degrees of both spontaneous pain and the pain on percussion before and after treatment were recorded, and root canal exudate samples were collected to quantify the associated levels of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 by immunoassay.

Results
All of the measured parameters were significantly reduced in group L (P < .05), whereas the level of pain on percussion, CGRP, and MMP-8 were significantly reduced in group C (P < .05). The 1440-nm Nd:YAG laser had significantly better effect on the relief of pain on percussion and the reduction of substance P, CGRP, and MMP-8 levels. The visual analog scale scores of perceived pain correlated with pain-related neuropeptides and inflammatory cytokine levels in root canal exudates.

Conclusions
The 1440-nm Nd:YAG laser irradiation via fiberoptic tip to the teeth with persistent apical periodontitis provided promising consequences of pain and inflammation modulation.
ISSN
0099-2399
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/91342
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2013.07.011
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