TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF ORAL MUCOSITIS BY LOW-INTENSITY LASER: 4-CASE SERIES - CLINICAL REPORT POSTER

• Published in: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology Vol. 130; no. 3; p. e165
• Main Authors: FURTADO, MANUELA ALMEIDA MONTENEGRO, CHAVES, FILIPE NOBRE, OLIVEIRA, DENISE HÉLEN IMACULADA PEREIRA DE, AMADEI, LARISSA PEREIRA DA PONTE, BENEVIDES, RENAN RIBEIRO, FRANÇA, SAMUEL ROCHA, SAMPIERI, MARCELO BONIFÁCIO DA SILVA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.2020
• ISSN: 2212-4403; 2212-4411
• DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.04.262

Oral mucositis is a radiotherapy sequel of head and neck cancer patients, one of the main causes of pain during antineoplastic treatment. In this context, low-intensity laser therapy aids in preventing and healing oral mucositis. This study aims to report a 4-case series of patients subjected to neck and head cancer therapy as well as to show how oral mucositis progression occurred after low-intensity laser therapy was used during the antineoplastic treatment. We used a 21-point red radiation protocol at 1 J for prevention and treatment of oral mucositis into the oral cavity ruling out the primary tumor sites and 1 J of infrared radiation in case of painful symptoms. In World Health Organization (WHO) scale, we observed an improvement of both pain symptoms and oral mucositis healing after red radiation laser therapy.