USE OF EXTRAORAL PHOTOBIOMODULATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL MUCOSITIS: SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Taliane Lomba Dias Julião; Esther de Santana Brito; Julianna de Freitas Ferreira; Luiz Alexandre da Luz de Almeida; Júlia dos Santos Vianna Néri; Daniel Adrian Daniel Adrian Silva Souza; Juliana Borges de Lima Dantas

doi:10.5327/2525-5711.447

Authors

Taliane Lomba Dias Julião Graduated in Dentistry of the Adventist College of Bahia. Highway BR 101, Km 197, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4471-2965
Esther de Santana Brito Graduated in Dentistry of the Adventist College of Bahia. Highway BR 101, Km 197, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0598-9389
Julianna de Freitas Ferreira Dentistry student of the Adventist College of Bahia. Highway BR 101, Km 197, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6485-6701
Luiz Alexandre da Luz de Almeida Graduated in Dentistry of the Adventist College of Bahia. Highway BR 101, Km 197, Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3416-5387
Júlia dos Santos Vianna Néri PhD in Dentistry and Health from the Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil. Professor of Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1805-0949
Daniel Adrian Daniel Adrian Silva Souza Master in the Postgraduate Program in Dentistry and Health from the Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil. Av. Araújo Pinho, 62, Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3332-2156
Juliana Borges de Lima Dantas PhD in the Graduate Program in Interactive Processes of Organs and Systems in the Institute of Health Sciences of the Federal University of Bahia. Professor of Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9798-9016

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/2525-5711.447

Keywords:

Mucositis, Laser Therapy, Low-Level Light Therapy, Lasers, Semiconductor

Abstract

Oral mucositis (OM) is an adverse effect in oncology patients and photobiomodulation (PBM) improve the quality of life of these patients through OM management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of extraoral PBM on the prevention and/or treatment of OM in oncology patients. This systematic review was registered in PROSPERO, following the PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, LILACS, CAPES, BVS and Google Scholar were consulted, and keywords from DeCS/MeSH were used. The risk of bias was analyzed using RoB2. A total of 1246 studies were identified and two articles were selected. A total of 115 patients were included, and the extraoral PBM promotes preventive and therapeutic action in OM, reduces pain, and is well-tolerated. When comparing intraoral and extraoral PBM, both achieved similar results; moreover, extraoral PBM required a shorter application time. Extraoral PBM prevented/treated OM, and optimized the application time in oncology patients.

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