Pain After Diode Laser Frenectomy in Children

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Conditions studied: Abnormal Labial Frenum Frenectomy, Frenectomy

In brief

This prospective single-group clinical study aims to evaluate postoperative pain following diode laser-assisted frenectomy in pediatric patients and to assess the agreement between different pediatric pain assessment scales. Children aged 8 to 14 years who require diode laser-assisted frenectomy will be treated according to the standard clinical protocol at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University. Postoperative pain will be evaluated once daily for seven consecutive days using the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale, the Modified Emoji Pain Scale (MEPS), and gender-specific pain assessment scales. The primary objective is to characterize the time course of postoperative pain during the first postoperative week. Secondary objectives include evaluating the agreement and correlation between the different pain assessment instruments used in pediatric patients. The findings are expected to contribute to the identification of reliable pain assessment methods and to improve postoperative pain evaluation following diode laser-assisted frenectomy in children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07706023

Run by

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

People needed

53

Starts

2026-07-10

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-15

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children aged 8 to 14 years.
• Patients requiring diode laser-assisted frenectomy based on clinical indication.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status I or II.
• Ability of the participant and parent/legal guardian to understand the study procedures.
• Written informed consent obtained from the parent or legal guardian, with assent obtained from the child when appropriate.

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of systemic diseases or medical conditions that could influence wound healing or pain perception.
• Current use of analgesic, anti-inflammatory, corticosteroid, or psychotropic medications.
• History of allergy or contraindication to local anesthetic agents.
• Acute oral infection at the surgical site.
• Previous oral soft tissue surgery in the same anatomical region.
• Inability or unwillingness to complete the postoperative pain assessment forms for seven consecutive days.
• Withdrawal of consent at any time during the study.

Where it is running

• Afyonkarahisar Health Science University — Afyonkarahisar, Turkey (Türkiye)

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