The Path to an Evidence-Based Treatment Protocol for Extraoral Photobiomodulation Therapy for the Prevention of Oral Mucositis
Year: 2021
Type: review
Abstract: Oral mucositis is a painful complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for which photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) is a safe and effective intervention. Extraoral delivery of PBMT has clinical advantages over intraoral delivery but requires additional dosimetric considerations due to the external tissue layers through which the light must propagate before reaching the oral mucosa. Additionally, to date there has been no dose modeling study, a task essential to developing a justified treatment protocol. We review here some of the complexities surrounding extraoral photobiomodulation therapy and offer that may help guide researchers toward an evidence-based treatment protocol for the prevention of oral mucositis.
Source: Frontiers in Oral Health
Institutions: Texas A&M University, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Genoa, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,900
OpenAlex ID: W3186066274