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Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 May 18;154(7):567–579. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.03.004

Table 1.

Summary of characteristics in studies reporting on pain

AUTHOR	YEAR	WAVELENGTH, NM	LASER TYPE	LASER POWER, W	BEAM AREA AND SPOT SIZE, cm²	TREATMENT TIME PER POINT, S	ENERGY DOSE PER POINT, J	FLUENCE, J/cm²	CLINICAL SITE	CONTACT POINTS, NO.	APPOINTMENT INTERVALS, NO.	APPOINTMENT DAYS	SURGICAL SITE	PAIN SCALE
Fernando and Colleagues ³⁶	1993	830	–^*	0.03	–	120	4	–	Intraoral, contact	1	1	1	Mandibular third molar	Giles
Mozzati and Colleagues ³⁷	2011	904	Gallium arsenide	0.2^†	1	900^†	180	180	Intraoral, contact	1	1	4	Maxillary and mandibular molar	VAS^‡
Lopez and Colleagues ¹	2012	810	Gallium aluminum arsenide	0.4	3.2^§	32	12.8	4	Intraoral, contact	1	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Mozzati and Colleagues ³⁸	2012	904	Gallium arsenide	0.2^†	1	900^†	180	18^‡‡	Intraoral, contact	1	1	3	Maxillary and mandibular molar	VAS
Paschoal and Santos-Pinto ³⁹	2012	830	GaAlAs^¶	0.1	0.01^†	17	1.7	170^†	Intraoral, noncontact	3	3	1–3	Maxillary and mandibular premolar	VAS
Ferrante and Colleagues ⁴⁰	2013	980	–	0.3	–	60	18^‡‡	–	Intraoral, noncontact; extraoral, contact	3	2	1, 2	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Alan and Colleagues ⁴¹	2016	810	GaAlAs	0.3	–	40	12	–	Extraoral, contact	1	2	1, 2	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Pedreira and Colleagues ⁴²	2016	808	Aluminum gallium arsenide	–	–	30^§	–	2^†	Extraoral, contact; intraoral, contact	12	4	1, 3, 5, 7	Mandibular third molar	Pain analog
Sierra and Colleagues ⁴³	2016	660	–	0.1^†	0.028^§	30	3	106	Intraoral, contact	4	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Sierra and Colleagues ⁴³	2016	660	–	0.1^†	0.028^§	30	3	106	Extraoral, contact	4	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Sierra and Colleagues ⁴³	2016	808	–	0.1^†	0.028^§	30	3	106	Intraoral, contact	4	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Sierra and Colleagues ⁴³	2016	808	–	0.1^†	0.028^§	30	3	106	Extraoral, contact	4	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Farhadi and Colleagues ⁴⁴	2017	550	–	0.1^†	0.5	25	2.5	5	Intraoral, contact	1	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Feslihan and Eroglu ⁴⁵	2019	810	GaAlAs	0.3	3	60	18^§	6	Extraoral, contact	1	2	1, 2	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Ahrari and Colleagues ⁴⁶	2020	660	Aluminum gallium indium phosphide	0.02^†	–	30	6	–	Extraoral, noncontact	3	2	1, 3	Mandibular molar	VAS
Ahrari and Colleagues ⁴⁶	2020	810	GaAlAs	0.02^†	0.28	30	6	2.14^†	Extraoral, noncontact	3	2	1, 3	Mandibular molar	VAS
Salem ⁴	2020	660	–	0.025^†	–	60	–	–	Intraoral, noncontact	1	1	1	Mandibular third molar	Universal Pain Assessment Tool
Santos and Colleagues ⁴⁷	2020	780	–	0.07^†	0.04	30	2.1^§	52.5	Intraoral, contact	5	1	1	Mandibular third molar	Modified VAS
Da Silva and Colleagues ⁴⁸	2021	808	–	0.04	0.28	70	2.8	100	Intraoral, contact	5	4	0, 7, 14, 21	Maxilla and mandibula	VAS
Isolan and Colleagues ⁶	2021	808	GaAlAs	0.05^†	0.4	73^†	11	9.125^†	Intraoral, contact	6	1	1	Maxillary and mandibular third molar	VAS
Momeni and Colleagues ⁵	2021	940	–	0.5	1.5^§	30	15	10	Intraoral, noncontact	3	1	2	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Scarano and Colleagues ⁴⁹	2021	1064	Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet.	1	–	17.1^†	–	–	Intraoral, noncontact	7	5	1, 2, 4, 9, 14	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Hadad and Colleagues ⁵⁰	2022	810	GaAlAs	0.1	0.0283^§	60	6	212	Intraoral, contact	4	1	1	Mandibular third molar	VAS
Le and Colleagues ⁵¹	2022	810	GaAlAs	0.43^§	3.2^§	30	12.8	4	Intraoral, noncontact	1	2	1, 2	Mandibular third molar	Likert

^{* –:}

A value that cannot be derived from other reported values.

^†

Indicates value that was initially misreported and corrected by the authors’ calculations.

^‡

VAS: Visual analog scale.

^§

Indicates value was not reported in the literature and was calculated by the authors with values given in the article.

^¶

GaAlAs: Gallium aluminum arsenide.