Hend Bahgat Mahmoud Thabt <br/><br/>
Low level laser therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular joint pain :   A double blind study /  
 تأثير الليزر منخفض الشدة فى علاج آلام المفصل الفكى الصدغى :   دراسة مزدوجة التعمية 
Hend Bahgat Mahmoud ; Supervised Hamida Refai , Nermine Hassanin , Ahmed Abbas Zaki 
 - Cairo :   Hend Bahgat Mahmoud Thabt ,   2015 
 - 79 P. :   photographs ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 
<br/><br/> Was t evaluate the effectiveness of low level laser therapy for the control of TMJ pain. Materials and Methods: This study included 12 patients with clinical diagnosis of DDWR in a random and double blind research design. Patients, divided into study group and control ( placebo) group submitted to treatment with LLL using Ga - As diode laser. Study group received 3 sessions per week during 4 consecutive weeks while placebo group received inactive laser using the same technique and schedule as study group. Results: There were not statistically significant differences between both groups 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Laser therapy Low intensity laser therapy Temporomandibular joint pain