Comparison Between Two Treatments for Burning Mouth

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

28

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 1, 2021

Primary Completion Date

December 3, 2021

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2022

Conditions
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Interventions
DEVICE

Low-Level Light Therapy

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.

DEVICE

Transcutaneous Electric 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.

Trial Locations (1)

59056-000

Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

OTHER

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