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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02239042
Date of registration: 02/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
Public title: Effect of Low-level Laser Therapy on Palatal Wound Healing LLLT
Scientific title: Effect of Gallium-Aluminum-Arsenide Laser - AsGaAl Low-level Laser Therapy on the Healing of Human Palate Mucosa After Connective Tissue Graft Harvesting: Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2011
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02239042
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Mauro Santamaria, DDS, Ms, PhD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  FOSJC-UNESP
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients that were 20 to 70 years old, both genders; presenting gingival recession
Class I or II Miller, on vital canines or pre-molars, palatine region (donor site)
with no pathological or morphological alterations; patients who agreed with and
signed the formal consent to participate in the study, after receiving an explanation
of risks and benefits, by an individual who was not a member of the present study
(Resolution no. 196 - October, 1996, and Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct in
Dentistry - CFO 179/93).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with systemic problems that contraindicated surgical procedure; patients
under medication that would interfere with the wound healing; patients who smoked;
patients who were pregnant or lactating; patients who had had periodontal surgery on
the study area.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Palatal Wound
Intervention(s)
Procedure: LLLT
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in the Remaining wound area (RWA) [Time Frame: 7, 14, 45 and 60 post-operative days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Post-operative discomfort [Time Frame: 7, 14, 45 and 60 days after surgical procedure]
Secondary ID(s)
132.831
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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