文档介绍：Oral Maxillofacial Surg Clin N Am 16 (2004) 277–288
Low-level laser therapy in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Sevil A. Kahraman, DDS
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Gazi, 8th Street, . Box 06200,
Emek, Ankara, Turkey
Clinical applications for laser light are found in coherent (ie, nonlaser) light, stimulating vitamin D3
numerous branches of medicine and surgery; high formation. Infrared and visible radiation in a wide
power densities monly used to produce a range of wavelengths from high-power incandescent
thermally destructive effect and selective photoco- lamps and (later) lasers sources were subsequently
agulation. The development of many different types of developed and researched. The usage of these devices
lasers during the last 43 years has offered researchers in medicine and dentistry led to a wide range of
many wavelengths of laser light to investigate for a developments in the fields of photobiology and
variety of surgical and medical procedures. Due to photomedicine [3]. The use of LLLT was first initi-
their extremely high powers and clinical effect, these ated in the late 1960s. In these initial studies, a low-
lasers can be labeled high-level lasers. There also is a powered laser was used in in vitro experiments to
lesser-known class of lasers, called low-level lasers determine the effects on cell cultures and increased
(LLL), which were developed to use a purely photo- blood circulation within regenerating tissue. LLLT
therapeutic process. The therapy performed with such was also used in acupoint and trigger-point irradiation
lasers is often called low-level laser therapy (LLLT), for pain attenuation [3–7].
and the lasers often are described as therapeutic Because of the reported positive results of irradi-
lasers. Several other names have been given to these ation with LLLT in cell studies and animal experi-
lasers, including soft laser, low-reactive laser, low- ments, rese