28
Participants
Start Date
April 1, 2021
Primary Completion Date
December 3, 2021
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2022
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.
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.
Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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