Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of laser therapy in the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity in China / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of laser therapy in the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity in China.Methods: The Cochrane reviewer's handbook was followed.Domestic published articles from 1989～2009 were selected by computer and handsearch.All these retrieved study were clinical control trials related to laser therapy in the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity.The quality of included studies was critically evaluated and data were analyzed by the RevMan 5.0.1 software.Results: A tota1 of 114 articles were selected,but only 9 were included.The results showed that: although the data of immediate efficiency of laser treating dentin hypersensitivity could be combined,significant heterogeneity was found when the other studies' data were pooled.So the data could not be merged,only the descriptive analysis could be used.The immediate efficiency for the treatment of dentine hypersensitivity using lasers was higher than the control group,the difference was statistically significant[OR=3.83,95%CI(2.86,5.12)],other period of efficacy had a trend which was superior to the control group.Conclusion: Comparing with the control group,the desensitizing of dentin hypersensitivity with laser is more effective.However,because the literature quality of this study is not high,the above conclusion needs to be verified by larger sample-size,rigorously designed,randomized controlled clinical trials.