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Laser or scalpel? new study tests light therapy for faster frenectomy healing

NCT ID NCT07465536

Symptom relief Sponsor: Kocaeli University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study compared two ways to fix a tight upper lip frenulum (lip-tie): using a scalpel or a diode laser. Some patients also got low-level laser therapy after surgery to help healing. The trial measured pain, speech, chewing, and quality of life in 94 adults. Results may help decide which method causes less discomfort.

What this could mean

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Active substance
photobiomodulation therapy (low-level laser)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that adding low-level laser therapy after frenectomy reduces pain and speeds up recovery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed trial with no blinding, so results may be biased. The benefits of photobiomodulation may not be large or generalizable.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

94 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2015

Finished

May 2016

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Presence of clinically diagnosed aberrant maxillary labial frenal attachment requiring surgical frenectomy * Non-smoker status * Absence of systemic disease or ongoing pharmacological therapy * Absence of active oral infection * Ability to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or lactation * History of radiation therapy to the head and neck region * Previous frenectomy surgery

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Hypertrophy lymphoid interstitial pneumonia

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Frenulum; hypertrophy, lip

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Kocaeli University Faculty of Dentistry

    Köseköy, Kocaeli, 41190, Turkey (Türkiye)