Journal of Lasers, Optics & Photonics

Vanessa Tovar

Publications

• Case Report
  “Surgery First” and Low Level Laser Therapy to Reduce Treatment Time in Ortho-Surgical Procedures
  Author(s): Angela Dominguez and Vanessa TovarAngela Dominguez and Vanessa Tovar
  
  Aim: To show how the integration of two highly efficient developed techniques used to reduced orthodontic treatment time in a case that required orthognathic surgery to correct a class III Dento-Maxillo-Facial anomaly. Methods: A 21 years old class-III male patient, with prognathism, macrognathism and mandibular levognathism treated with the following treatment plan: surgical- orthodontic treatment with no extractions, using fixed standard prescription brackets with slot 0.022 × 0.028 inches, Surgery first for mandibular set-back and para-nasal grafts. Low Level Laser extra oral irradiation after surgery and intra oral up to the end of the orthodontic active phase. Retention with Esssix superior and inferior splints. Results: The class-III anomaly was treated in ten months using the “Surgery First” approach and low intensity laser therapy to potentiate the effect in .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2469-410X.1000102

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