Ozone therapy in patients older than 12 years with recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Abstract

Background: ozone therapy has been successfully used in the treatment of pulpitis, periodontitis, aphtha, ulcers, denture-related stomatitis, infected root canals, as well as in the disinfection of cavities during surgery and postoperative care, just to mention some examples.Objective: to assess the effectiveness of Oleozón in the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, in patients older than 12 years of age who visited the emergency department of dentistry of the “Guillermo Tejas Silva” Teaching Policlinic, from February to December 2017.Methods: a therapeutic intervention was carried out in a sample of 32 patients with the characteristics declared in the objective, at the place and during the period herein mentioned. The sample was randomly distributed in two groups: the control group with a conventional treatment and the study group that underwent treatment with Oleozón. Both groups received the indications of not taking vitamins E and C during the treatment period. The patients were assessed on the third, fifth and seventh days.Results: there was a higher presence of the female sex (62,5 %). According to the affected anatomic region, in both groups the lesions on the labial mucosa and on the alveolar mucosa prevailed. On the third day of treatment half of the study group had progressed favorably, and only 12,5 % of the control group. At the end, 93,7 % of the study group and 68,7 % of the control group were healed. No adverse reactions related to the treatment were reported.Conclusions: ozone therapy was effective for the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis in the studied sample of patients.

Keywords

• stomatitis, aphthous
• ozone
• foot-and-mouth disease.