Short description:

Photobiomodulation (PBM) includes a broad range of nonionizing light sources that, when applied to tissues, lead to anti-inflammatory effects, promote wound healing and tissue repair, improve neural function, and exert an analgesic effect. Although PBM is well established and accessible technique, there is great variability in PBM parameters, protocols, and equipment, which hampers consistent application.

This comprehensive book intents to assist the clinician in determining the most appropriate PBM parameters according to the light source available, in a practical and easy way. Written by experts in the PBM and Oral Medicine fields, it provides the utmost protocols for treatment and prevention of the most prevalent diseases and conditions affecting the mouth and the mandibulo-maxillary complex, in the day-to-day patient care. The protocols have been established based on published articles with high scientific evidence, mainly Systematic Reviews, Meta-analysis, and Randomized Clinical Trials.

The work is divided into three main sections: Photobiomodulation, Supportive Care in Cancer, and Oral Medicine. In each part, the subtopics encompass the most prevalent and relevant diseases and conditions that may beneficiate of PBM therapy. All chapters include a brief disease definition, followed by diagnosis methods and treatment options including PBM. Each chapter presents a suggestion of PBM protocol, with reproducible parameters that may be easily performed by qualified professionals. 

Photobiomodulation Therapy in Oral Medicine - Evidence-based Clinical Protocols aims to assist clinical practitioners in decision-making when it comes to classical Oral Medicine, oncology support as well as bone healing and repair.

Long description:

Photobiomodulation (PBM) includes a broad range of nonionizing light sources that, when applied to tissues, lead to anti-inflammatory effects, promote wound healing and tissue repair, improve neural function, and exert an analgesic effect. Although PBM is well established and accessible technique, there is great variability in PBM parameters, protocols, and equipment, which hampers consistent application.

This comprehensive book intents to assist the clinician in determining the most appropriate PBM parameters according to the light source available, in a practical and easy way. Written by experts in the PBM and Oral Medicine fields, it provides the utmost protocols for treatment and prevention of the most prevalent diseases and conditions affecting the mouth and the mandibulo-maxillary complex, in the day-to-day patient care. The protocols have been established based on published articles with high scientific evidence, mainly Systematic Reviews, Meta-analysis, and Randomized Clinical Trials.

The work is divided into three main sections: Photobiomodulation, Supportive Care in Cancer, and Oral Medicine. In each part, the subtopics encompass the most prevalent and relevant diseases and conditions that may beneficiate of PBM therapy. All chapters include a brief disease definition, followed by diagnosis methods and treatment options including PBM. Each chapter presents a suggestion of PBM protocol, with reproducible parameters that may be easily performed by qualified professionals. 

Photobiomodulation Therapy in Oral Medicine - Evidence-based Clinical Protocols aims to assist clinical practitioners in decision-making when it comes to classical Oral Medicine, oncology support as well as bone healing and repair.

Table of Contents:

Part I Photobiomodulation.- 1 Basic principles of physics in Photobiomodulation.- 2 Understanding dosimetry in Photobiomodulation Therapy.- 3 Equipment quality control and selection.- 4 Cross infection control in Photobiomodulation Therapy.- 5 Safety and adverse effects in Photobiomodulation Therapy.- Part II Supportive Care in Cancer.- 6 Oral Mucositis.- 7 Dysgeusia.- 8 Trismus.- 9 Radiation Dermatitis.- 10 Medication Related Osteonecrosis of Jaws.- 11 Osteoradionecrosis.- 12 Hyposalivation induced by Radiotherapy.- 13 Hyposalivation induced by Graft versus Host Disease.- 14 Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the treatment of osteonecrosis related to radiotherapy or medication.- Part III Oral Medicine.- 15 Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis.- 16 Recurrent Herpes Labialis.- 17 Lichen Planus.- 18 Pemphigus Vulgaris.- 19 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid.- 20 Geographic Tongue.- 21 Burning Mouth Syndrome.- 22 Neuropathic Pain.- 23 Trigeminal Neuralgia.- 24 Facial Palsy.- 25 Temporomandibular Dysfunction.