Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy in Accelerating Tooth Movement For Dental Crowding Cases

Evaluation of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Effectiveness in Accelerating Orthodontic Tooth Movement For Dental Crowding Cases: A Randomized Controlled Clinial Trial

26 participants from the Orthodontic Department at University of Damascus Dental School will be randomly assigned into two groups. In the experimental group, a low level laser with a wave length of 830 nm, output of 150 mw, energy of 2 j per point and application time of 15 seconds per point will be applied on each tooth of the six upper incisors according to this protocol: the root will be divided into 2 halves; gingival and cervical. Laser will be applied in the center of each half from both the buccal and palatal sides which means 4 application points and a total energy of 8 j per each tooth. Control group will undergo typical orthodontic treatment with the laser device applied the same manner but without being turned on (to get the placebo effect for pain reduction effect). This procedure will be repeated after 3, 7, 14 days and each 15 days from the beginning of the second month till the end of the leveling and alignment stage.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Maxillary Crowded Teeth
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: low level laser therapy

Detailed Description

The long time needed for orthodontic treatment is considered one of the biggest obstacles which make patients refuse to undergo treatment. It also has many disadvantages including higher caries rates, gingivitis, and root resorption. It also combined commonly with pain, which reducing patient acceptance and cooperation with treatment.

Low level laser therapy in orthodontic has shown pain-reducing effects with an effect in biomodulation which lead to increased orthodontic tooth movement rate and reducing risk of root resorption.

A recent systematic review states that low level laser therapy has shown efficiency in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement, but there is a need for more studies to determine the best protocols regarding energy and frequency. A review of the literature shows that there is no randomized controlled trails evaluating its efficiency in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement in regard of dental crowding cases, which is the main purpose of this study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 26
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Syrian Arab Republic
  • Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, DM20AM18
    • Department of Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 24 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients aged between (16 - 24) years.
2. Moderate crowding (3 - 5) mm in the anterior region of the maxillary dental arch with an irregularity index of (7 mm or more) mm according to Little Index with an indication to extract upper two premolars.
3. All upper teeth are existed (except for third molars).
4. Patients have not undergone previous orthodontic treatment.
5. Patients have not undergone any medical treatment that interfere with orthodontic tooth movement (Cortisone, NSAIDs, …).
6. Patient with good oral hygiene (Plaque Index less than 1).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any medical condition affecting orthodontic tooth movement.
2. Bad oral hygiene (Plaque Index greater than 1).
3. Any peri-apical lesions developed during treatment.
4. Patient lack of commitment toward follow-up appointments.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Conventional Decrowding; Crowded upper incisors will be treated in the conventional manner with a fake irradiation without using low level laser therapy.
Experimental: Low Level Laser Therapy; Each maxillary incisor will be subjected to low level laser therapy at specific times in order to accelerate tooth movement	Radiation: low level laser therapy; low level laser therapy is intended to accelerate tooth movement

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Leveling and Alignment Time (OLAT)	As mentioned above	This will be measured once the leveling and alignment stage of the orthodontic treatment is finished. This will be measured in days from the commencement of treatment till the final day of leveling and alignment.
Change in Leveling and Alignment Improvement Percentage (LAIP)	LAIP will be measured by dividing the amount of change in LII value at a specific time intervals (i.e. T3-T0, T2-T0, T1-T0; calculated by subtracting LII value at T1, T2 and T3 from LII value at (T0) by LII value at T0 (i.e. the beginning of treatment).	this outcome will be measured after one month (T1) and two months (T2) of treatment commencement (T0), and at the end of leveling and alignment stage (T3) using Little irregularity index (LII)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of levels of pain	Using a visual analog scale, each patient will indicate the severity of his/her perceived pain.	Using a visual analog scale (VAS), pain will be measured after 1, 6, 24, 48, 72 hours of applying the laser therapy and at 7 days of follow-up.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Damascus University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mohammad Moaffak Al-Sayed Hasan, DDS, MSc student at the Orthodontic Department, University of Damascus Dental School; Study Director: Kinda Sultan, DDS MSc PhD, Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, SYRIA; Study Director: Omar Hamadah, DDS MSc PhD, Senior Lecturer, Oral Medicine Department, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, Syria

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Kau CH, Kantarci A, Shaughnessy T, Vachiramon A, Santiwong P, de la Fuente A, Skrenes D, Ma D, Brawn P. Photobiomodulation accelerates orthodontic alignment in the early phase of treatment. Prog Orthod. 2013 Sep 19;14:30. doi: 10.1186/2196-1042-14-30.
• Doshi-Mehta G, Bhad-Patil WA. Efficacy of low-intensity laser therapy in reducing treatment time and orthodontic pain: a clinical investigation. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2012 Mar;141(3):289-297. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2011.09.009.
• Cruz DR, Kohara EK, Ribeiro MS, Wetter NU. Effects of low-intensity laser therapy on the orthodontic movement velocity of human teeth: a preliminary study. Lasers Surg Med. 2004;35(2):117-20. doi: 10.1002/lsm.20076.
• Heravi F, Moradi A, Ahrari F. The effect of low level laser therapy on the rate of tooth movement and pain perception during canine retraction. Oral Health Dent Manag. 2014 Jun;13(2):183-8.
• Nobrega C, da Silva EM, de Macedo CR. Low-level laser therapy for treatment of pain associated with orthodontic elastomeric separator placement: a placebo-controlled randomized double-blind clinical trial. Photomed Laser Surg. 2013 Jan;31(1):10-6. doi: 10.1089/pho.2012.3338. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
• Tortamano A, Lenzi DC, Haddad AC, Bottino MC, Dominguez GC, Vigorito JW. Low-level laser therapy for pain caused by placement of the first orthodontic archwire: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2009 Nov;136(5):662-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.06.028.
• AlSayed Hasan MMA, Sultan K, Ajaj M, Voborna I, Hamadah O. Low-level laser therapy effectiveness in reducing initial orthodontic archwire placement pain in premolars extraction cases: a single-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. BMC Oral Health. 2020 Jul 20;20(1):209. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-01191-7.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): October 5, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 11, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 8, 2016
• Last Verified: July 1, 2016

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: UDDS-Ortho-02-2015