Functional and electrophysiological evaluation of the effect of laser therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis

Thereza C.C.G.P. Ladalardo; Aldo Brugnera Jr.; Marcia Takamoto; Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro; Roberto Augusto de Carvalho Campos; Ana Eliza Castanho Garrini; Elisangela D. Bologna; Flavio Settanni

doi:10.1117/12.424489

27 April 2001 Functional and electrophysiological evaluation of the effect of laser therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis

Thereza C.C.G.P. Ladalardo, Aldo Brugnera Jr., Marcia Takamoto, Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Roberto Augusto de Carvalho Campos, Ana Eliza Castanho Garrini, Elisangela D. Bologna, Flavio Settanni

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Proceedings Volume 4249, Lasers in Dentistry VII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424489
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This clinical case report relates to a total of 4 patients, carriers of idiopathic facial paralysis, treated with Low Level Laser Therapy using a Gallium-Aluminum-Arsenide diode laser of 780 nm, 50 mW, continuous wave emission, spot size 3 mm² and total dosage of 20 joules per session distributed to the peripheral trajectory of the injured nerve in a point by point contact mode. Altogether 24 treatment sessions were performed in a period of 12 consecutive weeks twice a week All treated patients presented recovery signs from the initial degree of paralysis.

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Thereza C.C.G.P. Ladalardo, Aldo Brugnera Jr., Marcia Takamoto, Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Roberto Augusto de Carvalho Campos, Ana Eliza Castanho Garrini, Elisangela D. Bologna, and Flavio Settanni "Functional and electrophysiological evaluation of the effect of laser therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis", Proc. SPIE 4249, Lasers in Dentistry VII, (27 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424489

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