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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Treatment-resistant gingivitis responding to photobiomodulation in pemphigus vulgaris
Nooshafarin Kazemikhoo1, Dedee F Murrell2
1 Department of Dermatology, St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Skin and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Dermatology, St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales; Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Department of Dermatology, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
Correspondence Address:
Dedee F Murrell
Department of Dermatology, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney
Australia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jorr.jorr_29_21
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Gingivitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the maxillary and mandibular gingiva due to poor hygiene of the gums. A 91-year-old woman with a prior diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris and persistent gingivitis for 11 years was treated using photobiomodulation (PBM), red 650 nm laser light, 150 mW, 2 J/Cm2 in 16 sessions for 6 weeks. Redness and pain decreased significantly not long after photobiomodulation was commenced and healed completely in 16 sessions. In follow-up after 3 months, her situation was still stable. PBM can be used as an effective, noninvasive, safe, and cost–benefit treatment.
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