Laser Therapy and Temporomandibular Disorders

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: TMD

Treatments: Other: diode laser (635 nm); Other: diode laser (980 nm); Other: diode laser (660 nm); Other: Nd YAG laser; Other: diode laser (940 nm)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05620758

TMD_Laser_2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

TMD involves a set of multiple clinical manifestations where the pain is prevalent. Treatment ideally should be noninvasive and innocuous such as photobiomodulation

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pain at TMJ area.
• Pain at masseter and temporalis muscles.
• Age ranges between 20 and 40 years old.
• Presence of full or nearly full complement of natural teeth

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have radiographic evidence of degenerative conditions of TMJ.
• Patients under current dental or physical therapy that could affect TMD.
• History of recent trauma.
• The presence of systemic diseases (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis).
• Pregnant and lactating females

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 5 patient groups

Nd YAG laser

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Nd YAG laser

Diode laser 980 nm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: diode laser (980 nm)

Diode laser 940 nm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: diode laser (940 nm)

Diode laser 660 nm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: diode laser (660 nm)

Diode laser 635 nm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: diode laser (635 nm)