Application Of Diode Laser In Mitigating Endodontic Pain- A Systematic Review And Meta Analysis

Abstract

Introduction

Diode laser has been used in dentistry it exerts neuron- regenerative and anti-inflammatory effects to provide pain control. It’s application with low level lasers parameters causes insignificant thermal changes and elicits bio modulatory effects.

Aim

The study aim to examine the effectiveness of the diode laser in reducing post-operative pain during endodontic treatment and retreatment operations, as well as to discuss the numerous prognostic variables related to the chosen treatment approach.

Material and Methods

The results of 8 research were incorporated in the current systematic review and meta-analysis. Articles describing effect of diode laser therapy on postoperative endodontic treatment and re-treatment that were published between January 2011 to May 2021 were searched in MEDLINE (Pubmed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Central) and EMBASE databases. References of articles included were checked manually

Results

Since the average statical diamond is towards the diode laser group so the mean difference between the experimental group and control group. The pooled average difference between the test group and control group was estimated to be 0.-0.50 at 95% CI (-0.84 to -0.16). Day 7 of pain evaluation favors the experimental group.

Conclusion

Endodontic retreatment involves a series of complex processes, where the finding of diode laser to be used subsequently as routine chemo-mechanical procedure for disinfection can efficiently reduce pain and provide comfort to the patient after endodontic treatment and retreatment.