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Assessment of the Patient Satisfaction from Adjunctive Laser Therapy during Orthodontic Treatment Seyyed Amir Seyyedi, et al

According to the results, there was no significant The patients’ satisfaction, stress, and pain according
difference inthe patients’ satisfaction, stress, and pain to the number of treatment sessions is illustrated in
according to the type of used laser treatment (pvalues Table 3.
were more than 0.05).

Table 3. The patients’ satisfaction and stress according to number of sessions.
Parameter 1 2 3 4 P-value*
Satisfaction 68.17 ± 11.02 69.11 ± 7.27 44 ± 4.223 53.25 ± 2.121 0.001 *
Stress 93 ± 12.62 90.67 ± 8.46 90 ± 14.42 87 0.009*
Pain 27.94 ± 10.009 30 ± 11.99 30 ± 14.143 22.5 ± 3.456 0.85
*Kruskal Wallis

According to the findings illustrated in Table 3, there therefore a good candidate for soft tissue surgery. They
was a significant increase in the patients’ satisfaction are also much safer because of the lower risk of damage
and reduction in stress following repeated treatment to the underlying hard tissue (25). Diode lasers are
sessions (p < 0.05). However, there was no difference especially useful in surgical treatments. However, as the
inthe patients’ pain in different treatment sessions (p = treatments were performed at different wavelengths and
0.85). output powers, it impossible to evaluate the role of these
Also there was no reported difference inthe patients’ two parameters in the patient satisfaction (23).
quality of life according to the type of treatment, type of In this study, the patients' satisfaction with laser
laser, and number of treatment sessions (pvalues were gingivectomy treatment was higher than ferenectomy
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more than 0.05). and tooth displacement treatments. Also, there was no
Also, 51.6% ofthe patients reported treatments’ significant difference between two lasers inthe patients’
results as their expectations. In 90.3% of the patients, satisfaction. The reason for the high satisfaction ofthe
post-treatment complications were rare. 58.1% ofthe patients in laser adjuvant treatment in gingivectomy can
patients have very good safety sensation during be related to the more tangible results of treatment
treatment. Eventually 96.3% ofthe patients would like to immediately after treatment (14). The reason for less
suggest their friends and families to use laser. satisfaction ofthe patients in ferenctomy compared to
gingivectomy was probably lack of immediate treatment
Discussion results in treatment with ferenectomy compared to
This study was one of the cross-sectional studies gingivectomy (20-22). This shows the success of diode
performed to evaluate the patients' satisfaction with lasers in orthodontic surgeries.
laser adjuvant treatments in orthodontic treatments In this study, the patients' satisfaction with diode
based on the parameters of type of treatment, number of lasers was not statistically different from carbon dioxide
treatment sessions, and type of laser used. lasers. The patients undergoing laser treatment had less
About 80% of the participants in this study were pain and more relaxation; however increasing number of
women. In the study of Ren et al., 81% of the the sessions in this method and the length of treatment
participants were women (22). Probable reason of this is decreases their satisfaction level. A study done by Li et
that women are more aware of modern dental treatments al. in 2020, which examined the patients' satisfaction
[ DOI: 10.52547/rabms.8.4.237 ] used for treatment in 75% ofthe patients. Diode lasers 242 satisfaction was increased satisfactory (25), which is
with 820 nm diode laser treatment in the treatment of
than men and care more about their appearance and
facial pimples, showed that after 12 weeks,the patients'
beauty than men (23, 24). In this study, diode laser was
consistent with the findings of the present study.
are well absorbed into pigmented tissue and are

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