Photobiomodulation after Surgical Extraction of the Lower Third Molars: A Narrative Review

The surgical extraction of the lower third molar is widely practiced in oral surgery. Inflammatory complications such as pain, swelling, and trismus can cause discomfort to patients after extraction. Several methods have been used reduce these postoperative sequelae, including use corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, antibiotics, less traumatic methods, photobiomodulation. This narrative review summarizes current evidence on effect photobiomodulation facial swelling A literature search using MEDLINE (NCBI PubMed PMC), EMBASE, Scopus, Cochrane library, Web Science, Google Scholar was undertaken up October 2021. Forty-one articles met inclusion criteria. Photobiomodulation be considered an alternative useful method for controlling pain following impacted wisdom tooth effectiveness PBM reducing still controversial. highlights lack consensus protocols therapy.