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.