Effectiveness and Acceleration of Bone Repair in Critical-Sized Rat Calvarial Defects Using Low-Level Laser Therapy

Effectiveness and Acceleration of Bone Repair in Critical-Sized Rat Calvarial Defects Using Low-Level Laser Therapy

Aline Muniz de Oliveira, PhD,1 Igor Iuco Castro-Silva, MSD,2 Gustavo Vicentis de Oliveira Fernandes, MSD,2 Bruno Raposo Melo, MSD,2 Adriana Terezinha Neves Novellino Alves, MSD,2 Arley Silva Ju ́ nior, PhD,3
Inaya ́ Correa Barbosa Lima, PhD,4 and Jose Mauro Granjeiro, PhD50
1 Fluminense Federal University (UFF), School of Dentistry of Nova Friburgo, Rua Silvio Henrique Brauner, 22, Centro, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil 28625-650
2 Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Post-graduation Program in Dentistry, Rua Sa ̃o Paulo, 28, Campus do Valonguinho, Centro, Nitero i, RJ, Brazil 24020-150
3 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Department of Oral Pathology, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 2. andar, Bloco K, sala 56, Cidade Universita ́ria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 21941-902
4 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco I, sala I-133, Ilha do Funda ̃o, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 21941-972
5 National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO), Bioengineering Program, Av. Nossa Senhora das Grac ̧as, 50 – Pre dio 6 – Sala da DIPRO, 1. andar, Xere m, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil 25250-020

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 46:61–67 (2014)