Patient’s assessment
pain/burning, pain
Following the surgical gingivectomy procedure, the wound healing was assessed post PBMT using the healing index by Landry et al. [
Landry index for soft tissue healing [very poor(1)Tissue color: ≥50% of gingiva redResponse to palpation: BleedingGranulation tissue: PresentIncision margin: Not epithelialized, with loss of epithelium beyond incision margin.Poor(2)Tissue color: ≥50% of gingiva redResponse to palpation: BleedingGranulation tissue: PresentIncision margin: Not epithelialized, with connective tissue exposedGood(3)Tissue color: ≥25% and < 50% of gingiva redResponse to palpation: No bleedingGranulation tissue: NoneIncision margin: No connective tissue exposedVery good(4)Tissue color: <25% of gingiva redResponse to palpation: No bleedingGranulation tissue: NoneIncision margin: No connective tissue exposedExcellent(5)Tissue color: All tissues pinkResponse to palpation: No bleedingGranulation tissue: NoneIncision margin: No connective tissue exposedPatients were instructed to chart their perceptions of pain using a visual analog scale (VAS) with a range of 0 (no pain/burning sensation) to 10 (severe pain/burning sensation) for 21 days starting from the day of the operation [