Effectiveness of Laser Therapy in the Management of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis: A Systematic Review

Table 5

Parameters of various types of lasers.

Study	Type of laser	Wavelength	Output power	Energy	Frequency of treatment	Irradiation time	Energy density
Zand et al., 2009 [36]	CO2 laser	10600  nm, CW	1 W	NR	NR	5–10 s	NR
Zand et al., 2012 [37]	CO2 laser	10600 nm, CW	1 W	NR	NR	5–10 s	NR
Prasad and Pai, 2013 [38]	CO2 laser	NR, CW	0.7 W	NR	NR	5–8 s	NR
Sattayut et al., 2013 [40]	CO2 laser	10605 nm, CW	2 W	NR	NR	5 s	110.67 J/cm^2
Aggarwal et al., 2014 [34]	AMD laser	810 nm, CW	0.5 W	NR	NR	45 s; 4 times daily	NR
Albrektson et al., 2014 [35]	GaAlAs laser	809 nm, CW	60 mW	NR	1800 Hz	80 s; once daily	6.3 J/cm^2
Tezel et al., 2009 [41]	Nd:YAG laser	1064 nm, P	2 W	100 mJ	20 Hz	2-3 min	NR
De Souza et al., 2010 [39]	InGaA1P diode laser	670 nm, P	50 mW	300 mJ	NR	1 min; once daily	3 J/cm^2
Lalabonova and Daskalov, 2014 [42]	SIX Laser TS diode laser system	658 nm, CW	27 mW	NR	5.8 Hz	1.14 min; once daily	27 J/cm^2
Jijin et al., 2016 [43]	AMD laser	810 nm	0.1 W	NR	NR	30 s (3 times daily with 2-minute interval)	6 J/cm^2

P: pulsed wave; NR: not reported; CW: continuous wave.