Diode laser in management of loss of taste sensation in patients with post-COVID syndrome: a randomized clinical trial - BMC Oral Health

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A study published in BMCOralHealth finds that low-level laser therapy is effective in restoring taste sensation in patients with post-COVID-19 dysfunction. Further large-scale studies are warranted.

]. The present study used single-session low-level therapy in accordance with Momeni et al., who assessed the effect of extraoral 940 nm low-level diode laser on pain, edema, and trismus following surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. They concluded that Single-session irradiation of a 940 nm diode laser could effectively decrease pain following third molar extraction surgery.

The present study had several limitations. The present study had a mean young age of participants that limited the study results to the young age group, as age had a significant role in recovery from chemosensory deficits.

Moraschini V, Reis D, Sacco R, Calasans-Maia MD. Prevalence of anosmia and ageusia symptoms among long-term effects of COVID-19.Oral Dis. 2021 May18:AlShakhs A, Almomen A, AlYaeesh I, AlOmairin A, AlMutairi AA, Alammar Z, Almomen H, Almomen Z. The Association of Smell and Taste Dysfunction with COVID19, And Their Functional Impacts.Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jan23:1–6.

 

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