Aligarh: Prof Pradhuman Verma, Chairman, Department of Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr Z A Dental College (ZADC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) spoke on the trends and advances in dental sciences at different colloquiums held recent
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Background
Different techniques have been used to reduce functional treatment time including low-level laser therapy (LLLT), and the majority of studies have been conducted on animals. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of LLLT on improving orthodontic functional treatment using the Twin-Block (TB) appliance.
Materials and methods
This study was a three-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Patients were selected using the following inclusion criteria: skeletal Class II Division 1 malocclusion resulting from mandibular retrognathia (angle between the anterior cranial base and the NB plane (i.e., SNB angle): 73°-78°), the sagittal skeletal discrepancy angle (ANB angle) between 4° and 9°, and overjet between 5 and 9 mm. Forty-eight patients were randomly allocated into three equal groups. In the LLLT-TB group, the low-level laser device was used with a wavelength of 808 nm and power of 250 mW in addition to functional treatment with