How does light therapy work?
Lumident-Ortho™ applies findings from over 60 years of research in photobiomodulation.
Photobiomodulation is a form of light therapy that utilizes light sources such as LEDs to reduce pain, accelerates wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Relevant Research
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Fixed Appliances
• No increase of root resorption compared to standard orthodontic treatment¹ • 54% reduction in time to achieve anterior alignment?² • 26% increase in rate of space closure in adults³ • 73% reduction of peak pain compared to sham-controls⁴ • Two-fold faster rate of tooth movement during alignments⁵ ¹ Al-Okla N, Bader DM, Makki L. Effect of photobiomodulation on maxillary decrowding and root resorption: A randomized clinical trial. APOS Trends Orthod 2018;8:86-91. Shaughnessy et al. Intraoral photobiomodulation-induced orthodontic tooth alignment: a preliminary study. BMC Oral Health, 2016 16:3. ³ Samara et al. Velocity of orthodontic active space closure with and without photobiomodulation therapy: a single-center, cluster randomized clinical trial. Laser Dent Sci (2018) 2:109-118. ⁴ Al-Okla N, Ferguson D et al. Pain perception of photobiomodulation treated and sham-controlled patients undergoing orthodontic treatment: ARCT. Data on file. ⁵ Kau CH, et al. Photobiomodulation accelerates orthodontic alignment in the early phase of treatment. Prog Orthod. 2013 Sep 19:14:30.
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Aligners
• 63% reduction in the average time per aligner during OrthoPulse® treatment as compared to conventionally recommended aligner wear time⁶ • No measurable root resorption in six months⁶ ⁶ Dickerson, T. A randomized controlled crossover trial on the effect of OrthoPulse® on the rate of orthodontic tooth movement during alignment with Invisalign® aligners. Data on file.
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Case Reports
• The use of OrthoPulse® allowed for faster aligner change rates compared to conventional protocol⁷ • Two long-distance OrthoPulse® patients, unable to attend frequent and regular appointments, were able to complete treatment more quickly than anticipated⁸ • A patient using OrthoPulse® changed aligners every three days throughout treatment and achieved successful results9 ⁷ Dickerson, T. Invisalign with Photobiomodulation: Optimizing Tooth Movement and Treatment Efficacy with a Novel Self-Assessment Algorithm. J Clin Orthod, 51(3):157-165. ⁸ Shaughnessy, T. Long distance orthodontic treatment with adjunctive light therapy. J Clin Orthod, 2015. 12:757-69. 9 Ojima, K, Dan C. Kumagai Y, Schupp W. Invisalign Treatment Accelerated by Photobiomodulation. J Clin Orthod. 2016;50(5):309-17