Comparison Between Two Treatments for Burning Mouth
Condition: Burning Mouth Syndrome
MeSH terms: Burning Mouth Syndrome; Burns
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Introduction: The management of patients with chronic burning mouth is a challenge in
      clinical dentistry. Objective: To compare the effect of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) and
      Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in the treatment of burning mouth.
      Materials and Methods: Randomized clinical trial consisting of 25 patients with burning mouth
      who were treated by TENS (n=12) and by LLLT (n=13). Treatment was carried out weekly for 8
      weeks. Two-way ANOVA was used to verify whether there was a significant difference between
      times T0 (baseline), T1 (after the 4th treatment session), T2 (after the 8th treatment
      session) and T3 (30 days after the end of treatment) in in relation to symptoms, analyzed
      using the Visual Analog Scale, unstimulated salivary flow, xerostomia and dysgeusia with TENS
      and LLLT interventions.
    

Detailed description: 
      Experimental group: 20 participants with burning mouth were submitted to transcutaneous
      electrical nerve stimulation using a device at a frequency of 50 Hertz with intensity
      modulated according to the patient's comfort ranging from 1 - 4 (pulse amplitude) with a
      duration of 25 minutes per session, with one session per week, totaling eight weeks of
      treatment at the end of the study. The device's self-adhesive electrodes were fixed on the
      participant's face, following the path of the trigeminal nerve branch on the side affected by
      pain and/or burning.

      Control group: 20 participants with burning mouth underwent low power laser therapy with
      punctual applications of infrared laser (L2) (power of 100mW, 808 nm, 6 joules of energy/60
      seconds) in the affected region, keeping one centimeter of distance between the points, until
      the entire area of the complaint was irradiated. being held one session per week, totaling
      eight weeks of treatment at the end of the study.
    

Intervention name(s): Low-Level Light Therapy; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
Intervention type(s): Device; Device
Intervention description(s): Punctual applications of infrared laser (L2) (power of 100mW, 808 nm, 6 joules of energy/60 seconds) in the affected region, keeping one centimeter of distance between the points, until the entire area of the complaint was irradiated. being held one session per week, totaling eight weeks of treatment at the end of the study.; Using a device at a frequency of 50 Hertz with intensity modulated according to the patient's comfort ranging from 1 - 4 (pulse amplitude) with a duration of 25 minutes per session, with one session per week, totaling eight weeks of treatment at the end of the study. The device's self-adhesive electrodes were fixed on the participant's face, following the path of the trigeminal nerve branch on the side affected by pain and/or burning.
Other intervention name(s): Low Power Laser Therapy
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Low-Level Light Therapy; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation