Clinical Trial: Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis With Er,Cr:YSGG Laser Irradiation
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis With Er,Cr:YSGG Laser Irradiation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
Brief Summary: The aim this study was to investigate the efficacy of Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation in reducing pain and on healing rate of recurrent aphthous stomatitis 40 patients with RAS were included to the study. For each patient, ulceration were randomly assigned to the test or the control group. In test group RAS irradiated with Er,Cr:YSGG laser using non-contact mode. In the placebo group, the same Er,Cr:YSGG laser without laser emission was used. Pain was evaluated with visual analog scale (VAS). Healing of RAS (HRAS) was graded by a clinician.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Near East University, Turkey
Current Primary Outcome: Reduce of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores [ Time Frame: 10 days ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: The healing of recurrent aphthous (HRAS) scores [ Time Frame: 10 days ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Near East University, Turkey
Dates:
Date Received: September 28, 2016
Date Started: January 2015
Date Completion:
Last Updated: October 4, 2016
Last Verified: October 2016