BITE TRAUMA TREATMENT WITH LASER THERAPY AND ELASTIC BANDAGE: CASE REPORT

Abstract

Introduction: bite trauma or traumatic ulcer is an acute injury of the oral mucosa whose etiology is mechanical trauma or irritation of the affected soft tissue. Objective: to report a multidisciplinary treatment of self-inflicted lower lip trauma. Case report: 17-year-old male patient, paraplegic, was bedridden due to neuromotor limitations and, involuntary and reflexive, bit the lips. This movement
traumatized the region of the lower lip causing the traumatic ulcer, which did not heal. Initially, an ethyl vinyl acetate mouthguard was installed, but the patient did not adapt. Then, three sessions of laser therapy (photobiomodulation) was performed weekly and point, along the traumatic ulcer, in red and infrared radiation (660nm; 808nm; 100mW; 2J/cm2 – Laser DUO MMO), combined with elastic bandages (the Therapy Taping® method) to prevent invagination into the oral cavity, to move the lower lip away from his teeth in order to avoid trauma to
the oral mucosa. Conclusion: the presentation of this report demonstrated some possibilities for the treatment of a traumatic injury, and its management is still a major clinical challenge in Dentistry, especially for patients with motor and/or cognitive impairments.