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Our work shows that light exposures of cell cultures results in the production of hydgogen peroxide in direct relation to the dose (J/cm2) of light given. However, cell growth is stimulated (with respect to unexposed controls) only at low doses, inhibition occurs as dose is increased reaching maximum inhibition near 50 J/cm2., then at higher doses stimulation of cell growth returns as dose reaches 100 J/cm2. We believe hydrogen peroxide production is responsible for many of the positive results attributed to laser therapy.
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Tata, D.B., Waynant, R.W. (2008). Mechanisms. In: Waynant, R., Tata, D.B. (eds) Proceedings of Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy Conference. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71809-5_1
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