Abstract

DIAZ CRUZ, Carlos Enrique; RODRIGUEZ CABRERA, Kenia María  and  ROSALES ALVAREZ, Zurelys. Effectiveness of laser therapy in the treatment of non-complicated fractures of the dental crown. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.1, pp.158-167. ISSN 1561-3194.

Dental traumas are the second cause of odonto-paedriatic assistance after dental caries and among them the non-complicated fractures are the most frequent. This research was conducted at "Antonio Briones Montoto" Dental University Clinic in Pinar del Rio Municipality, during January 2006-November 2007. To carry it out a sample of 40 patients was taken dividing them into two groups, a control group and a study group, treating them with the conventional and laser therapies respectively. This sample was chosen among patients attending to emergency room having the diagnosis of non-complicated fracture of the dental crown and presenting the characteristics to be included. Data were collected in tables and tabulated using the statistical method of chi-squared with a level of significance previously fixed á=0.05, this research classified as an experimental, randomized, longitudinal and prospective study, finding in three days of treatment that the great percent of patients treated with laser presented relief and pain remission. Te number of complications at one-year evolution was minor in patients treated with laser than in those patients treated conventionally.

Keywords : Laser therapy/conventional treatment; dental crown/fracture.

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