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Low level laser effect after micro-marsupialization technique in treating ranulas and mucoceles: a case series report

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The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the influence of low level laser therapy (LLLT) in alleviating pain caused by micro-marsupialization and the healing of oral ranulas and selected mucoceles. Eleven patients underwent micro-marsupialization treatment associated with LLLT. The patients were irradiated with a 660-nm continuous wave from an indium–gallium–arsenide–phosphorous (InGaAsP) diode laser, at 100 mW, with a spot size on the tissue surface of 0.0283 cm2 (irradiance = 3.53 W/cm2). Irradiation was carried out immediately following micro-marsupialization treatment, as well as at 24, 48, and 72 h post-micro-marsupialization. All treated oral ranulas and selected mucoceles presented clinical healing. No evidence of recurrence could be identified during a mean of 11.0-month follow-up period. The use of InGaAsP diode lasers, within the parameters tested, appears to present a good alternative treatment to reduce pain and heal oral ranulas and selected mucoceles associated with micro-marsupialization.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the CNPq (#309209/2010-2 and #472045/2011-3). The authors wish to thank DMC LTDA (São Carlos, Brazil) for their supply of the 660-nm InGaAsP diode laser and NUPEN for their scientific assistance. RA Mesquita is a research fellow of CNPq.

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  1. Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Márcio Bruno Figueiredo Amaral, Isabel Zanforlin Freitas & Ricardo Alves Mesquita

  2. Department of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Av. Dom José Gaspar, 500, Prédio 46, Campus Coração Eucarístico, 30535-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Márcio Bruno Figueiredo Amaral

  3. Research and Education Center for Phototherapy in Health Science—NUPEN, DMC, Rua Sebastião de Moraes, 821, Planalto Paraíso, 13562-030, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Hermes Pretel

  4. Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31.270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu

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Amaral, M.B.F., Freitas, I.Z., Pretel, H. et al. Low level laser effect after micro-marsupialization technique in treating ranulas and mucoceles: a case series report. Lasers Med Sci 27, 1251–1255 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-012-1176-2

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